{"id":212930,"date":"2026-06-06T22:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-insecurity-in-the-darfurs-100-million-live-with-landmine-threats-singapore-execution-moratorium-un-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T22:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:19:47","slug":"world-news-in-brief-insecurity-in-the-darfurs-100-million-live-with-landmine-threats-singapore-execution-moratorium-un-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-insecurity-in-the-darfurs-100-million-live-with-landmine-threats-singapore-execution-moratorium-un-news\/","title":{"rendered":"World News in Brief: Insecurity in the Darfurs, 100 million live with landmine threats, Singapore execution moratorium – UN News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The United Nations is deeply alarmed by continued insecurity in the Darfur region of Sudan and the heavy toll it is having on civilians, Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric said on Wednesday.<\/span> <\/span>
More than 10 people were reportedly killed, and many others injured, in a drone strike on Tuesday in the town of Um Dukhun in Central Darfur state, according to local sources. 
\u201cWe strongly condemn this, and all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure,\u201d Mr. Dujarric told<\/a> journalists in New York. 
Meanwhile, insecurity forced some 115 people to flee their homes in a village in the Kutum locality, North Darfur state, last Sunday. 
They have sought refuge in the regional capital, El Fasher, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM<\/a>). 
Despite the many challenges, the UN and partners continue to respond to needs across Sudan, where the brutal civil war has entered a fourth year. 
UN health agency WHO<\/a> is midway through a six-day \u201cBig Catch Up\u201d vaccination campaign, that aims to reach over 81,000 young children across eight localities in West Darfur state. 
\u201cOnce again, we reiterate the need for safe, sustained and unhindered humanitarian access, as well as flexible funding, to reach those most in need and support the most vulnerable,\u201d said Mr. Dujarric. 
Raging conflicts around the world prompted an alert from landmine clearance experts on Wednesday, who highlighted the increasing dangers posed by unexploded ordnance \u2013 both today and decades from now. 
Every year, many thousands are killed or injured in land contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war. Nine in 10 of the victims are civilians \u2013 half of them children \u2013 according to the UN Mine Action Service<\/a> (UNMAS).
The agency has convened national demining experts and partners from all over the world to its annual meeting in Geneva, where UNMAS Director Kazumi Ogawa maintained that conflict \u201chas continued or deepened in many regions of the world, exposing hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to the risk of mines and explosive ordnance\u201d. 
Also at the meeting, the UN\u2019s Global Advocate for Peace, poet Maryam Bukar Hassan,<\/a> described the impact of landmines on communities in war-torn Borno State in Nigeria: 
\u201cI come from Borno State in Nigeria and it’s ranked five globally in civilian casualties. So, this is not distant, nor is it abstract to me,\u201d she said.  
Listen to more of her moving testimony below:<\/strong><\/em> 
Ms. Hassan explained that years of insurgency in Borno state in northeast Nigeria had left the land heavily contaminated with landmines.  
In 2023 alone, \u201chundreds of explosions\u201d left \u201clives and bodies altered\u201d she continued, while in 2024, more than 400 civilians were killed and injured by landmines.  
\u201cThis is what [landmines] do. They do not ask who you are. They do not care what side you belong to, they do not recognize ceasefires,\u201d the UN Peace Advocate said. 
The Anti-Personnel Landmine Convention<\/a> – known as the Ottawa Treaty \u2013 is one of the most successful international disarmament treaties. It\u2019s regrettable that some States are now withdrawing from the Treaty, UNMAS chief Ms. Ogawa told journalists in Geneva. 
Human Rights Chief Volker T\u00fcrk has expressed alarm at a spike in executions for drug-related offences in Singapore, urging an immediate moratorium on the death penalty<\/a>. 
Eight people have been executed for drug offences so far this year. In 2025, 15 out of 17 individuals put to death had drugs-related convictions. 
Last week, Omar bin Yacob Bamadhaj was executed for trafficking cannabis after his family received just two weeks\u2019 notice. 
\u201cAt every level, the taking of this man\u2019s life is both cruel and inhuman,\u201d Mr. T\u00fcrk said.  
The UN opposes the death penalty in all circumstances and supports its abolition worldwide, citing the risk of executing an innocent person and its incompatibility with human dignity. 
More than two thirds of countries have now abolished it in law or practice, according to UN data, reflecting a clear global trend towards abolition.
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