The UN High Commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres wrapped up a two-day visit today to South Sudan, where he visited Yida refugee settlement. Just twelve kilometers from the volatile conflict zone on the border with Sudan, Yida now has nearly 60,000 Sudanese refugees. UNHCR
Palestinians inspect the damage done to homes by the bombardment of Gaza City—a conflict which lasted more than a week. The violence claimed the lives of more than 140 Palestinians, including 26 children,and five Israelis. UNICEF
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights today annoucned it is sending a team of human rights officers to Bahrain on a needs assessment mission. CH UNTV
Humanitarian agencies are still unable to reach tens of thousands of displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province as fighting continues around the city of Goma. Meanwhile, a group of Congolese women has spent the last days protesting against the M23 outside MONUSCO headquarters in Kinshasa. CH UNTV / MONUSCO