Public health champions honoured for work ‘beyond the call of normal duty’
But this is not universal. Many people worldwide struggle – unable to walk into clinics or explain their symptoms: “ do not line up...
Diplomats prepare ground for June conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine
The preparatory session brought together UN Member States to align expectations and finalise arrangements for eight thematic roundtables that will help shape the conference’s...
Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP
Conflict has plagued the DRC for decades, particularly in the east. Armed clashes escalated sharply this year as M23 rebels wrested control of Goma,...
UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
At least 75 civilians have been killed in hostilities between the national army (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) – which...
Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza
Addressing reporters outside the Security Council, António Guterres called once again for a permanent ceasefire to end the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas...
Syrians face staggering needs amid insecurity and healthcare crisis
Wrapping up a visit to the country, Edem Wosornu, who heads operations and advocacy for the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said that...
Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted
“Fifteen World Food Programme trucks were looted late last night in Southern Gaza, while en route to WFP-supported bakeries,” the UN agency said. “These...
World News in Brief: UK cedes sovereignty over Chagos Islands, suffering in Sudan deepens,...
Before granting Mauritius independence in 1968, Britain unlawfully separated the Chagos archipelago to create the British Indian Ocean Territory.
In doing so, it expelled 1,500–2,000...
Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week
629 Palestinians were reportedly killed over the past week, according to OHCHR in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. At least 358 were killed because of attacks...
Kenya: Refugees facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisis
Over the past five years, the refugee population in Kenya has surged by more than 70 per cent – from approximately 500,000 to 843,000...
Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital
The diplomats were gunned down on Wednesday night as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in central Washington DC, where the...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors debate safety of civilians with 36,000 lives lost during conflict...
We're live as the Security Council convenes for its annual open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, with briefings from UN...
All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months
“Today will be crucial. Truckloads of lifesaving aid finally on move again,” said top UN aid relief coordinator Tom Fletcher.Hours earlier and in a...
Ill-Advised and Problematic — by Dr. Ron Daniels
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
I hold Governor Wes Moore in high regard as a capable public servant...
Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief
In a message marking Thursday’s International Day for Biological Diversity, the UN chief raised alarm over the “lightning pace” of degradation of the natural...
Four children dead in ‘horrific’ attack on school bus in Baluchistan: UNICEF
The attack which left others wounded, took place in the district of Khuzdar, about 250 kilometres south of Quetta, Balochistan’s provincial capital. The area...
Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk
Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, gang violence has permeated the capital Port-au-Prince and expanded into other regions, displacing over one...
UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank
Media reports said soldiers fired warning shots near the diplomats, who were on an official visit to view humanitarian conditions around the camp where...
Urgent action needed to ‘pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe’
Tom Fletcher said that with “time and treatment” Noor was able to recover fully.But what happens to a child such as Noor when treatments...
Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals
The Football for the Goals Forum brought UN leaders and some of the top voices in the world’s most popular sport to UN Headquarters...
Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward
The United States, European Union and United Kingdom have taken steps to ease long-standing sanctions – moves that, according to UN officials, could pave...
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
It’s believed that hundreds of thousands of trafficked individuals of various nationalities are forced to carry out fraud in the centres located across Cambodia,...
Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
Existing supplies of basic necessities have been running dangerously low and on Wednesday the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said that its nutrition stocks to prevent...
He Embraced Socialism and Class Struggle toward end of life
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Leading Pan-African and advocate for African unity
By Milton Allimadi —
Malcolm X—who would be very proud of Ibrahim Traore, the Pan-African president...
