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• Two years into Sudan war, UNHCR chief urges help for host country Chad
• Gaza: fears and uncertainty persist amid ongoing war
• Yet another wave of attacks in Ukraine, warn UN aid teams

After nearly two years of intense fighting in Sudan – which has displaced nine million people and left around 50,000 missing, say human rights organizations – a negotiated peace deal recognized by the international community is the only way forward.

• Myanmar: unseasonably early rains fuel fears of disease spread
• Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis: 41,700 refugees have fled violence to Uganda: UNHCR
• Gaza: UN aid teams and partners continue essential humanitarian work

• Myanmar: unseasonably early rains fuel fears of disease spread
• With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans
• Ukraine: mine contamination is the lethal legacy of Russian invasion

Half a century ago, the United States and the Soviet Union united on a text to ban biological weapons and it has remained a foundation of international law ever since.

• Myanmar quake: Airstrikes continue despite ceasefire, says OHCHR
• Sudanese suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum: IOM
• Cholera is surging globally, warns UN health agency 

• Sudan emergency: UN rights chief condemns widespread extrajudicial killings
• Nicaragua rights probe names 54 officials over alleged violations
• Cyprus: after talks in Geneva, leaders agree on landmine clearance plan

• Myanmar quake response hampered by lack of cash, says UN relief chief Fletcher
• Gaza: UN rights chief Türk urges independent probe into killing of aid workers
• Biological Weapons Convention turns 50, an international success story