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FRANCE 24 and PassBlue win UN journalism prize for reporting on Gaza war

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PassBlue and FRANCE 24 have been awarded a UN Correspondents' Association (UNCA) prize for three investigative stories on the Gaza war that they co-published over the course of 2024. 

Award-winning journalists Jessica Le Masurier (L), Dulcie Leimbach, Damilola Banjo and Fatma Khaled at the UNCA Awards at Casa Cipriani in New York City on 13 December 2024.
Award-winning journalists Jessica Le Masurier (L), Dulcie Leimbach, Damilola Banjo and Fatma Khaled at the UNCA Awards at Casa Cipriani in New York City on 13 December 2024. © United Nations

The all-female reporting team won the silver Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize from the UN Correspondents' Association

This prize is for written media and is named in honour of Elizabeth Neuffer, the Boston Globe bureau chief at the United Nations, who died while on assignment in Baghdad in 2003.

The UNCA Awards recognise journalists from around the world who have provided the best print, broadcast and electronic media coverage of the United Nations, UN agencies and field operations. 

FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier and PassBlue's Dulcie Leimbach, Damilola Banjo and Fatma Khaled won an UNCA Award.
FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier and PassBlue's Dulcie Leimbach, Damilola Banjo and Fatma Khaled won an UNCA Award. © UN Correspondents' Association

Read the award-winning stories below:

Fogbow, a US firm with military links, eyes maritime plan for Gaza aid

A private US firm run by former military and ex-CIA members is pushing plans to build a movable jetty off Gaza’s coast so more lifesaving goods can get into the besieged Palestinian enclave. But UN officials, aid workers and several European government officials have expressed doubts about the project and voiced scepticism over the group’s origins and motives.  

Read moreFogbow, a US firm with military links, eyes maritime plan for Gaza aid

 

‘Flour massacre’: Lifesaving aid becomes a deadly struggle in Gaza

At least 112 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 others were injured on Thursday after Israeli troops opened fire on civilians gathered at a convoy of food trucks southwest of Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said. Israel denied it was to blame, saying that many victims were run over by aid trucks in a rush to obtain food.

Read moreFlour massacre’: Lifesaving aid becomes a deadly struggle in Gaza

 

As donors suspend critical funding to UNRWA, allegations against staff remain murky

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on January 26 that it had terminated the contracts of several employees pending an investigation into Israeli allegations that they had been involved in Hamas's October 7 attacks in Israel. The move prompted several nations to suspend vital funding to UNRWA while the inquiry proceeds, deepening Gaza’s already acute humanitarian crisis. But Israel refuses to share either its evidence or the intelligence dossier – a summary of which was seen by FRANCE 24 – with UNRWA, posing a challenge for the UN agency as it tries to complete its inquiry.

Read moreAs donors suspend critical funding to UNRWA, allegations against staff remain murky

 

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