Doha: World Summit’s second day highlights urgency of investing in people and peace
Delegates from all regions reaffirmed that social justice and peace are inseparable, calling for stronger safety nets, poverty reduction and human-rights-based policymaking. Thirty years...
Doha Social Summit: Businesses, civil society walk side by side for fairer futures
With nearly 14,000 attendees registered for the Second World Summit for Social Development, currently underway in Doha, the gathering has become a meeting place...
Dangote becomes Africa’s first person worth $30 billion
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Aliko Dangote has made history by becoming the first African to reach a net worth of $30...
Afghanistan: Opium cultivation drops sharply, but regional trafficking rises
According to a new report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released on Thursday, 10,200 hectares were under opium cultivation this...
What America Loses in a Shutdown
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
For millions of Americans, the federal government isn’t an abstraction. It’s a paycheck, a housing voucher, a...
Sudan crisis: UN agencies race to aid civilians as violence engulfs El Fasher
“We are deeply alarmed by mounting reports of grave violations against civilians,” M. Haq said, citing accounts of “executions, sexual violence, humiliation, extortion and...
Sudan war and political uncertainty block progress on Abyei peace talks
Relations between the neighbouring countries remain deeply affected by the war in Sudan, where the national army and former allies, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been battling for power since April 2023.Two senior UN officials briefed the Council on...
Hurricane Melissa: UN launches $74 million response for 2.2 million in Cuba
A formal Plan of Action was announced by the UN system in Cuba in support of the Government driven national response to get the...
Not just dreams, but rights: Social justice in focus at Doha summit
The Global Coalition for Social Justice Forum brought together ministers, workers’ and employers’ organizations, UN agencies and civil society to accelerate action on poverty...
World News in Brief: Famine alert for South Sudan, tsunami readiness, peacekeepers flag activity...
According to UN-backed hunger experts, more than half of the population - around 7.56 million people - will face “crisis or worse levels of...
Endorsing Harris Was Dick Cheney’s Finest Hour
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Dick Cheney, who died this week at age 83, was one of the most powerful and controversial...
World’s forests at serious risk from warming planet, fires and pests
In a call to world leaders to boost protection of forests as they prepare for the COP-30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, the UN...
Why Family Values Require Family Wages
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MAGA voters and Democrats alike know workers need $25 an hour. Acting on that consensus is how we save American families.
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Reaffirming Reality in Righteous Resistance
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This is a sankofa reminder that we must constantly lift up the light that lasts and drive...
Doha: World Summit opens with pledge to speed social progress
Three decades after a landmark summit in Copenhagen, leaders in the Qatari capital warned that inequality remains high, climate shocks are intensifying, and nearly...
What 400 Years of Family History Teaches About This American Moment
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By Ben Jealous —
We just fell back. The season of darkness is coming on. But this year, more than any I...
World News in Brief: Settler attacks in the West Bank, Madagascar hunger crisis, obesity...
“Many of these attacks are linked to Palestinians’ attempts to harvest their olive crops,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Palestinians have been killed...
Doha Social Summit: Path to fairer societies begins in the classroom
The vast Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) – filled with delegations, students, civil society groups and policymakers from around the world – reflected the...
Half of Jamaica’s population reeling from Hurricane Melissa
More than 130 roads were blocked, power and communication networks disrupted, while health services remain under heavy strain, according to the UN aid coordination...
Potential Gaza stabilization force must have Security Council approval: Guterres
António Guterres was speaking at a press conference during the Second World Summit for Social Development in the Qatari capital.He was asked about coordination with Israel and US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza which includes...
Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides long-overdue opportunities for collective healing
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By Joanna Gilmore, The Conversation —
In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were...
Famine declared in two Sudanese cities cut off by war, fragile gains elsewhere
Although food security has begun to improve in areas where fighting has subsided, famine has taken hold in conflict-hit locations that have been cut off...
Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages
The development comes 11 months after the country’s devastating civil war ended with the overthrow of the Assad regime by opposition forces loyal to...
New climate pledges do little to correct global warming projection, UN warns
The warning comes in the latest Emissions Gap Report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), issued on Tuesday ahead of the COP30 climate conference which opens in Belém, Brazil, next week.Nearly a decade has passed since world...
