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South Sudanese refugee Queen Chandia is able to take care of her family of 22 children in Uganda through a rice growing scheme, thanks to the generosity of a local farmer who was willing to share his land. UNHCR

2.78 million people annually die because of their jobs and more than 374 million people are living with different injuries and illnesses due to their job, according to a report issued by the International Labour Organization. ILO

A high-level delegation led by the Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, travelled into the heart of opposition territory in the central Equatorias, the only part of the country where political violence continues despite the signing of a peace deal to end the war that has plagued South Sudan for almost six years. UNMISS

The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, met with Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin Archange Touadéra in Bangui. MINUSCA

A UN spokesperson told reporters "throughout the night, Tripoli witnessed the heaviest fighting since the outbreak of clashes, with indiscriminate rocket fire on a high-density neighbourhood in the Libyan capital." UNIFEED

The Joint Special Representative for the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) said Darfur “is not, and cannot, be immune from what is happening at the national level” and hoped that the situation “does not deteriorate further and have a negative impact of the UNAMID’s envisaged exit.” UNIFEED

Supported by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a construction of a Child Protection office within South Sudan’s People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) headquarters is undergoing. It demonstrates the South Sudan military’s commitment to a child free army. UNMISS

In its latest report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan published today, the UN documents an encouraging reduction in the number of cases of torture since 2016, but notes its ongoing concern at the high number of detainees who continue to report torture and ill-treatment. OHCHR

Addressing a Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods Institutions, WTO and UNCTAD, the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, said there was “no time to lose” to live up to the commitments established in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by “combatting poverty and inequality.” UNIFEED

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) relocated another 150 refugees who were detained in the Abu Selim detention centre in south Tripoli to UNHCR’s Gathering and Departure Facility (GDF) in the centre of Libya’s capital, safe from hostilities. UNHCR