Empowering stakeholders to respond to challenges related to unmanaged internal migration in Madagascar through...
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As part of the project funded by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) and implemented by the International...
IOM Chief: Urgent Global Unified Climate Strategic Solutions Needed to Help People Stay
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Geneva, 11 November – As world leaders gather at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29), the International...
Why Are We Here? A Dispatch from the Nadir
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By Sherrilyn Ifill —
It wasn’t the Electoral College. It wasn’t gerrymandering, or even voter suppression. America was undone this week by...
World’s largest urban development forum concludes with Cairo Call to Action
Ahead of the closing ceremony, UN-Habitat Executive Director, Anaclaudia Rossbach, emphasised the Forum’s timely emphasis on local action.“Over half of the world’s population now...
World News in Brief: Haiti latest, plastic tide in Samoa, Bakery boost in Ukraine,...
More than 700,000 people are displaced in the country – over half of whom are children – with recent violence in the capital Port-au-Prince...
‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza
The warning comes in an alert issued by the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC), which underscored that the humanitarian situation in...
Nicaragua: Alarming erosion of freedom and academic autonomy
In a new report released on Friday, the three-person group of experts – who are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council – found...
Time to dismantle legacies of slavery and colonialism impacting African diaspora
Philémon Yang was speaking at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters to mark the closure of the International Decade for People of African Descent...
Gaza: Possible atrocity crimes unfold, new UN report warns
The report details the horrific reality faced by both the people of Israel and Gaza since 7 October 2023, with the UN High Commissioner...
Continue the Struggle, Keep the Faith and Hold the Line
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
By the time this column is read, there will be evidence of a winner of this presidential...
Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’
Nineteen months since conflict erupted between rival militaries the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the transfer of power to...
Middle East crisis: Latest updates for 8 November
The UN human rights office released a scathing report on the ongoing war in Gaza as deadly Israeli military operations continue to pound the...
The Yard Brings Together Alumni, Students And Supporters For Kamala Harris
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The Yard—Howard’s cultural center—hosts Harris and a community united by legacy, leadership and resilience.
By Rachel Bunch, Essence —
The Yard, the heart...
Unhealthy eating drives $8 trillion in annual hidden costs
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report confirmed that hidden costs of getting food from farm to table amount to approximately $12 trillion...
Harris Lost After Democrats “Abandoned Working Class People”
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“The American people are angry and want change. And they’re right,” Sanders said.
By Sharon Zhang , Truthout —
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)...
Assessment of the Needs of Populations Affected by the Demarcation of the Cameroon-Nigeria Border
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In 2002, the International Court of Justice issued a ruling on the border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. To facilitate the...
Suffering continues for civilians in Gaza and Lebanon
Aid workers are being forced to work in unsafe conditions, as insecurity and restrictions by Israeli forces prevent them from reaching people in need,...
The Haitians of Springfield, a Trump campaign target, brace for his presidency
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Many in the Ohio community are worried and praying after he won the election.
By Danielle Paquette, Washington Post —
This was the...
Rebuilding beyond bricks: World Urban Forum focuses on housing, community support in war-torn cities
The penultimate day of the Forum’s twelfth biennial session, or WUF12, examined the situation in the Gaza Strip, where the urban fabric and urban...
Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar
In a report released on Thursday, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) described the situation in the poverty-struck province as an “unprecedented disaster”.“A perfect storm...
‘Turning the tide’ on childhood violence
Among the pledges, nine countries pledged to ban corporal punishment – an issue that affects three out of every five children regularly in their...
South Sudan: Postponing long-awaited elections ‘a regrettable development’
Nicholas Haysom updated ambassadors on developments in the world’s youngest country, which was due to hold its first-ever general elections next month. Since his last...
Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost
“Humanity’s torching the planet and paying the price,” warned UN Secretary-General António Guterres responding to WMO’s latest global temperature analysis covering January to September...
