http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2012, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42088&Cr=South+Sudan&Cr1= Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations refugee agency said today it is expanding relief operations for refugees in the Yida camp in South Sudan, where the number of people fleeing conflict in neighbouring Sudan has risen to more than 35,000. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42085&Cr=Sahel&Cr1= Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations top relief official today called for strong leadership and a comprehensive response plan, as well as donor support, for the food crisis in West Africa's drought-prone Sahel region, warning that hunger could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42062&Cr=west+africa&Cr1= Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 EST On the latest leg of their mission to West Africa, the fifteen members of the Security Council today heard from Ivorian refugees who relayed their stories of survival and expressed their concerns. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42053&Cr=sudan&Cr1= Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 EST So far, some 4,200 of the estimated 12,000 South Sudanese who were stranded at a river port in Sudan for months awaiting transportation back to their country have been flown to Juba, in South Sudan, in an ongoing airlift, a senior United Nations official said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42041&Cr=yemen&Cr1= Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EST A record number of African migrants fled to Yemen this year, with 43,000 people having reached the Middle Eastern country in only four months, the United Nations refugee agency said today, adding that it is concerned with the rise in insecurity and trafficking in the region. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42023&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations relief official today voiced deep concern over the plight of Palestinians affected by Israel's occupation, including those displaced after their homes were demolished, and called for the scrapping of policies and practices that deny them the right to support themselves. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42009&Cr=Democratic&Cr1=Congo Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST The top United Nations refugee official today voiced his alarm at new inflows of refugees into Rwanda and Uganda, fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42005&Cr=south+sudan&Cr1= Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST An operation to fly back to their country an estimated 12,000 citizens of South Sudan stranded at a riverside town in neighbouring Sudan has begun, a senior United Nations official said today, adding that the returnees are being provided with humanitarian assistance on arrival back home. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42001&Cr=Somali&Cr1= Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Thousands of people in Somaliland, in northern Somalia, are getting more fresh meat in their diet as a result of an innovative UN initiative that provides parents with vouchers to help them afford nutritious food from local traders, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41994&Cr=ethiopia&Cr1= Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EST A United Nations humanitarian official today praised the Ethiopian Government for its innovative and effective efforts to build resilience and food self-sufficiency amid increasingly challenging climatic conditions.