Ben Parker

Working on a better internet, better news and a better international system. Formerly @newhumanitarian, @UN. Signal: [phone]. @benparker140.eurosky.social

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

A UNHCR truck was hit by a drone in Sudan for the second time this year.

The driver escaped. But 50 tonnes of lifesaving aid – blankets, sleeping mats, solar lamps meant for displaced families is destroyed.

Humanitarians are not a target. Humanitarian aid is not a target.

[Independent Reviewer @terrorwatchdog]

Job ad for Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation: https://t.co/kdpc4pl4X8

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Department of Culture, Media & Sport follows Attorney General’s office out of the door on X…

[Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum]

The law of unintended consequences now endangering our reporting from countries like Iran

[GiamMa-based researchers SDR R&D IoT @giammaiot2]

Spoofing on Ookla Speedtest Map - Always & Only By Giamma👋

Impact of GPS Spoofing on Ookla Internet Speedtest Mobile & Fixed Tiles

Ookla Speedtest for Global Broadband Performance Dataset

https://t.co/4nVQunDvjz

Mobile
https://t.co/uE7VxcLt6t

Fixed
https://t.co/4H1kGUELYz

[Julien Harneis @julienmh]

DG Tedros I am honoured to be by your side again. With the Government, @AfricaCDC and partners in DRC and countries in the region, we will support the response against #Ebola and strengthen preparedness.
La réponse à #Ebola est un effort collectif, avec les communautés affectées.

[James Hathaway @JC_Hathaway]

I just noticed that UNHCR’s international protection unit has been renamed the ‘Division of International Protection and Solutions.’ Since rights-regarding solutions were already part of protection, just what does this name change portend?

[Ben Parker @BenParker140]

RT @Refugees: BREAKING:
Senior appointments to help lead UNHCR have been announced by SG @antonioguterres.

Tressa Rae Finerty will serve a…

[Harun Maruf @HarunMaruf]

Mogadishu clashes update:

Fighting in Mogadishu between government troops and opposition militias has paused amid ongoing mediation by elders. Casualties are not yet known.

Foreign diplomats in Mogadishu have warned against violence. The U.S. embassy in Mogadishu in a post described what happened as “reckless,” and noted that “actions taken in the coming hours and days may have lasting consequences for Somalia’s security, unity, and future.”

[Maria Van Kerkhove @mvankerkhove]

Updated @WHO Rapid Risk Assessment

#Ebola disease caused by #Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda v2 (published 26 May 2026)

https://t.co/E0iLdBAnDA

[Alan Kasujja @kasujja]

National Task Force on epidemics has decided, with immediate effect, to close Uganda’s border with DRC.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Readers offered questions and pushback about my investigation into sexual assaults against Palestinians by Israelis. So here are our answers:
https://t.co/hhtI23C8zK

[Prime Minister of Canada @CanadianPM]

Statement by the leaders of Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom on the situation in the West Bank. https://t.co/72icmeiQW9

[Ministry of Health- Uganda @MinofHealthUG]

Regarding #Uganda, the Ministry of Health has not been engaged on the establishment of the treatment centres referred to here, and we are therefore not aware of where they may have been set up within the country.

We continue to affirm that Uganda has so far registered only two imported Ebola cases: one fatality and one patient currently responding well to treatment under close medical care. There are no local infections and the country remains safe.
@StateHouseUg @JaneRuth_Aceng @DianaAtwine @USEmbassyUganda
#MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

[Aid Worker Security Database @AWSDatabase]

Protection of Civilians Week begins today. Aid worker arrests and detentions by state actors are rising at alarming rates, reflecting growing interference in humanitarian action. Explore the data at https://t.co/EtHTE9oOCq
#PoCWeek2026 #NotATarget @UNOCHA @UN

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

It is pretty unprecedented for WHO to declare a PHEIC so rapidly after detecting an outbreak, but it is absolutely merited in this case.

This is a scary one.

Why?

- Very late detection
- Difficult context
- Limited countermeasures
- and global response tools got DOGE-d

🧵...

[Jully @OumaJully]

Our #EAHW Hazards watch system is responsive in all devices. Hence, our early warning information can be accessed anywhere and anytime #EW4ALL.

[MSF International @MSF]

Medical and rescue personnel in Lebanon need urgent protection. 

🚨 We strongly condemn and are outraged by the killing of paramedics by Israeli forces, including a drone strike that hit three paramedics on 12 May 2026.

https://t.co/GTD1L547AD

[UN Spokesperson @UN_Spokesperson]

.@antonioguterres is appointing @JeanineHennis as his new Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security @UNDSS. She will succeed Gilles Michaud.

Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert has served since 2024 as the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon @UNSCOL.

More: https://t.co/jbV6vrxz4F