Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa
Key factsCholera outbreaks are active in six countries across West and Central Africa, spread along two major transmission corridorsNigeria has the region's largest outbreak:...
Five years after Taliban takeover, Afghan women ‘erased from public life’
Key pointsThe Talban have issued more than 100 decrees targeting women and girls, including one that’s left 2.4 million girls excluded from secondary educationUnprecedented...
Deadly attack on Red Sea ship adds to global supply chain uncertainty
Key pointsRed Sea is a vital global trade route Even greater uncertainty for shipping Seafarers must be protected, says IMO“It is with sadness and regret to...
Black Voters, Ideological Fractures, and the 2026 Midterms
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A Commentary and Analysis by Selwyn Carter, Black Politics! —
As we accelerate toward the 2026 Fall midterms, the cable media tends...
Celebrating, Sustaining and Advancing Insurgent August
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
By every measure and means of rational and relevant consideration, calculation and comprehension, August is a month...
After post-pandemic improvement, youth unemployment is rising again
A new report published Tuesday by the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) found that worldwide youth unemployment rebounded after the COVID-19 pandemic but is now...
South Sudan: UN mission decries deadly attacks, works to calm tensions after ‘nothing but...
The near simultaneous attacks – which occurred on Sunday in two communities in Tonj North county – caused widespread displacement as well as the destruction and looting of property, including...
Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine
The current Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo species, was declared by DRC health officials on 15 May and declared a public health emergency...
World marks second warmest July on record
The UN agency said the past month was the second warmest July on record worldwide, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), a European Union initiative. Average surface air temperatures were...
Count Them. Then Hire Them.
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Three weeks before he died, Dr. King stood up and argued with a number. The July jobs report says he was...
Security Council LIVE: Spotlight on Israeli settler violence in West Bank
Violence in the occupied West Bank is worsening as the Israeli Government continues to approve new settlements while settlers and Israeli security forces have...
Colombia earthquake: International teams standing by
Official data indicated that 1,495 people have been injured and at least 126 died in Monday’s 7.4 magnitude quake, which flattened homes and buildings...
Myanmar: UN investigators document deliberate military attacks on civilians
Why the Myanmar crisis mattersCivilians under fire: airstrikes on homes, schools, hospitals.Abuses continue: torture, arbitrary detention and sexual violence documented.Evidence preserved: information from more...
Lebanon: UN peacekeepers count hundreds of Israeli strikes and incursions in a single weekend
UNIFIL said Saturday alone accounted for 229 of those projectiles, the highest single-day total since 21 June, alongside an air strike in Al Mansuri...
Fighting deepens needs and fuels further displacement in Sudan
Key points RSF forces have encircled El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, threatening a full-scale assault as civilians flee there for safety Fighting in West Darfur...
UN offers support to Colombia after magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills dozens
UN teams in Colombia are liaising with national authorities and the country’s disaster risk management agency to closely monitor the situation and support the...
DR Congo: Ebola is killing people before they ever reach a doctor
“The Bundibugyo virus continues to outpace us,” said Dr. Mohamed Janabi, WHO Regional Director for Africa, speaking from Bunia, the epicentre of the outbreak in eastern...
Afghanistan: UN tells Taliban to open up on abuses committed by security forces
Key pointsThe Taliban have taken steps to promote discipline and oversight according to a new report by the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)However, these steps have...
UN calls for urgent action to protect children from online information risks
The UN warned on Monday that this deeply connected generation too often bears the brunt of the risks to information integrity, including disinformation, harassment,...
Humanitarian aid warehouses come under attack in Ukraine
Key pointsAttacks are part of intensifying Russian war on civilian targets Frontline medical supplies destroyed in strikeWorld Health Organization (WHO) tracker points to 70+ warehouse...
For Brazil’s Indigenous youth, visibility is resistance
They are watching rising temperatures, vanishing food sources, devastating wildfires and the accelerating loss of ancestral territory – but they are also claiming new...
‘Sudan is losing another generation’ to war, Mohammed warns
Amina Mohammed was speaking to Security Council members during an informal meeting on safeguarding education in Sudan, organised under a framework known as the Arria formula. “Among everything this...
The Mediterranean’s own odyssey: An ecological treasure feels the strain
Since Homer’s day, the Mediterranean has been much more than a beautiful body of water, where Odysseus journeyed home, encountering six-headed monsters, bewitching sirens...
Peacock party takes pride of place in nod to decades of turbulent history
Clearly unruffled to be the centre of attention as onlookers peered at them during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in their honour, the new arrivals strutted...
