Gaza: Kaag working closely with partners on new maritime aid lifeline
In a joint statement released on Friday, the Commission, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and the United Kingdom announced their intent...
Millions of dollars needed to make Gaza safe from unexploded bombs
Charles Birch, known as Mungo, was working with his team in Gaza long before the 7 October conflict, clearing unexploded munitions from the occupied...
Protect those on the move using deadly Darién crossing
That figure is more than double the crossings made in all of 2022.Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, underscored the scale of the...
Global Refugee Forum opens amid ‘crisis of humanity’
The world’s largest gathering dedicated to refugee issues, the Forum is co-hosted by UNHCR and Switzerland and convened by Colombia, France, Japan, Jordan and...
Health system ‘barely surviving’, as OCHA calls on Gaza aid restrictions to end
In a social media post, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that only 10 out of 36 hospitals are now partially functioning in the enclave.
Al-Amal hospital...
Loving, uplifting and liberating our people
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Continuing our conversation with Haji Malcolm in this his birth month of May, I want to also...
African Development Bank, IOM Launch Report on Harnessing Migration for Development in Africa
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Abidjan, 22 March - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) released today a joint report...
Mahbouba Seraj visits USCRI Cleveland
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Earlier this month, USCRI Cleveland had the honor of hosting an event with Ms. Mahbouba Seraj, a leader in...
Gaza: ‘The siege is the silent killer’
That’s according to Juliette Touma, Director of Communications for UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees, who spoke in depth to UN News’s Conor...
Temporary channel opens as authorities strive to clear Key Bridge wreckage
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By Megan Sayles, AFRO —
It is still unclear when the rubble of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container...
UN’s Grandi welcomes EU deal overhauling regional migration system
Agreement in Brussels on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum reportedly followed three years of intense negotiations, and it should start taking effect...
Not just magic, but hard work repels misogynoir
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By Julianne Malveaux —
Pennsylvania Democrat Summer Lee won her primary election on April 23, repelling an opponent who challenged her partly...
USCRI Expands Programming in Mexico
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is pleased to announce expanded programming and the...
Indonesia urged to protect refugees following mob attack
Hundreds of young people stormed a building basement where scores of Rohingya refugees were sheltered, according to media reports.The Rohingya are a mainly Muslim...
World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place,...
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya, said that more than a year into...
UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces
According to the Monitoring Mission, interviews conducted with 60 recently released Ukrainian POWs painted a harrowing picture of their experiences in Russian captivity.
“Almost every...
Concerning Israel, the US, Europe and Hitlerian Havoc — By Dr. Maulana Karenga
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
As we witness and work and struggle to end the Israeli genocidal war against the Palestinian people,...
Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations
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By Catarina Demony, Reuters —
Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities...
World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad,...
Summarizing the state of the climate, the month ended with extreme heat in the southern hemisphere where it’s summer, while high temperatures atypical of...
Russia vetoes Security Council draft resolution on a weapon-free outer space
The Security Council rejected the draft resolution, introduced by Japan and the United States, by a vote of 13 in favour to one against,...
World News in Brief: Strikes in Ukraine condemned, surge in Rohingya deaths at sea,...
“I was having coffee at home this morning in Kyiv, my neighbours were getting ready for work, children preparing to go to school, when...
Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza
Francesca Albanese was speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where she presented her latest report, entitled ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’, during...
UN human rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations
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By Emma Farge, Reuters —
The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people...
World Health Day
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By: Rosalind Ghafar Rogers, PhD, LMHC, Clinical Behavioral Health Subject Matter Expert with USCRI’s Refugee Health Services in Arlington,...
