Breakfast News Recap: Nigeria school attack, Gaza land moves and global security fears dominate briefing
At least 37 students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in Lassa, in Nigeria’s Borno State, in the latest mass abduction to hit the country’s northeast. Local officials said the raid also left a school vice principal dead and a security guard injured. 🔗In South Sudan, the UN said five humanitarian workers were killed when their convoy was ambushed in Duk County, Jonglei State, with four other people also killed. The attack underlines the continuing danger facing aid operations in one of the world’s most fragile conflict zones. 🔗Security tensions are also rising in South Asia, where the... [Continue Reading]
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UN warns millions at risk as UNRWA faces $100m funding gap
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on countries to help close a $100m funding gap facing the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. He warned that the shortfall, combined with sweeping restrictions on the agency's work, is putting millions of Palestinians at risk across the occupied Palestinian territory and the wider region. The appeal was made at a donor conference on Tuesday.Guterres said UNRWA's situation had become increasingly precarious because of the funding gap and restrictions imposed by Israel on its operations throughout the occupied Palestinian territory. He said the safety and welfare of millions of Palestine refugees was... [Continue Reading]

