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Culture as the Key Crisis in Black Life with Dr. Maulana Karenga

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). January 6, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest Dr. Maulana Karenga, Creator of...

Global plastics treaty: UN experts call for centrality of human rights

The urgency is clear: humanity produces over 460 million metric tonnes of plastic annually, with half designed for single use. “By 2050, there could...

World News in Brief: Mass floggings in Afghanistan, refugee resettlement crisis, ‘greening education’

Jeremy Laurence described how on 4 June, a group of 63 men and women were publicly subjected to mass flogging at a sports ground...

Green energy shift must also bring prosperity and equality: UN deputy chief

Ms. Mohammed briefed Member States on the work of the Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals and urged them to share feedback.The Panel...

Annual Reparations Symposium Will Mark Opening of National Resource Center for State and Local...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Dr. Joy DeGruy, Nationally and Internationally Renowned Researcher and Educator, Author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury...

New political era in Bangladesh provides ‘historic opportunity’ for reform

Volker Türk also stressed the need for accountability for rights violations and violence connected to anti-government protests that rocked the country in recent weeks,...

We Will Not Be Erased — By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing...

Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world...

Speaking at the Assembly’s high-level debate, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani described the “blatant aggression” against Palestinians in Gaza as the “most barbaric,...

Haiti: Displaced women face ‘unprecedented’ level of insecurity and sexual violence

A new report by UN Women reveals the dire living conditions and lack of security faced by some 300,000 displaced women and girls amid ongoing...

Government of Nigeria, IOM, Kingdom of Netherlands Bolster Support for Sustainable Community Development through...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Benin City, 22 August 2024 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) with support from the Kingdom of the Netherlands through...

World News in Brief: Aid trucks on Ukraine frontline, Africa schools close due to...

There are still nearly 2,000 people living in the town of Beryslav, including more than 70 children and 90 people who have only limited...

The Government Against the People — By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I can’t remember when I met Dr. Olivia Hooker, a Tulsa Massacre survivor, the first African American...

IOM Youth Changemakers Initiative: Supporting Youth Action on Migration Worldwide

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 24 September – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the Youth Changemakers Initiative, empowering ten young leaders globally, who...

Historic first medal for Refugee Olympic Team

The 25-year-old was the first boxer to qualify for the Refugee Olympic Team, and now she is slated to win gold, silver or bronze later...

The ‘slow onset, silent killer:’ Droughts explained

Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was speaking at the opening of COP16 a major global conference...

UN experts concerned about migrant labour exploitation in UK

The experts said they have received allegations that migrants are being deceived about “working and living conditions and the nature of their agreements with...

Ukraine: Deteriorating safety at Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant following drone blast nearby

Situated in southern Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya is Europe’s largest nuclear plant and has been under Russian control since shortly after the launch of the full-scale...

New UN initiative aims to counter climate disinformation

To address this, the United Nations, together with the Organization’s education and science agency, UNESCO and the Brazilian government, launched the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on...

UN chief strongly condemns Mali terrorist attack

Scores of people were reportedly killed in the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday when Islamic militants attacked several locations, including a military police academy, according...

‘All hands on deck’ in Antigua and Barbuda as small island States chart course...

The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) will bring together governments, the UN, civil society, the private sector and leading youth...

First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn Sudan

In an alert from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, it reported more than 28,000 cases of cholera and 836 deaths in 11 states between...

IOM Director General's Message on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia 2024

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia 2024 mgoloy 16 May 2024 ...

Sudan: Refugee numbers swell as war continues to drive displacement

South Sudan now ranks as the second largest recipient of people fleeing Sudan, with more than 810,000 new arrivals since April 2023, including returning...

Top UN official appeals for calm following wave of pager explosions in Lebanon

The coordinated attacks reportedly targeted the Hezbollah militant group, with hundreds of electronic pagers belonging to its members blowing up at the same time,...