World News in Brief: Global investment plunges, hurricane season in Haiti, rising cholera and...
Their latest data shows that the outlook for international investment this year “is negative”, a sharp course correction from January, when “modest” growth seemed...
World Refugee Day: telling their stories
While hotspots include Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Palestine, displacement affects every region of the world.In the lead-up to World Refugee Day, Friday, the...
Human Rights Council hears alarming updates on executions in Iran and global civic space...
At least 975 people were executed in Iran in 2024, the highest number reported since 2015, according to a report Deputy High Commissioner for...
UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Wednesday called on the Israeli military to cease the use of lethal...
UN relief chief calls for solidarity, with humanitarians ‘literally under attack’
Tom Fletcher was speaking at the annual stock-take of his sector known as the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, which brings together UN Member States...
Again, Remembering and Honoring Our Father: His Spirit, Mind, Speech and Specialness
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Here, as Father’s Day approaches, I am retrieving one of the many portraits of our father...
Iran-Israel crisis: UN rights office appeals for urgent de-escalation
Israel began targeting nuclear and military sites across Iran last Friday, prompting a barrage of retaliatory strikes on Israeli cities.“The UN human rights office...
What Would We Do Without Immigrants? — by Dr. Julianne Malveaux
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Douglas Turner Ward (1930-2021) wrote a searing play, Days of Absence that depicted the way life might...
Culturally Responsive Education for Black Youth — Remembering Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
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By Dr. Brenda M. Greene —
Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, national educational consultant, publisher, and the author of over 30 books that address...
‘Hate speech is poison in the well of society,’ says Guterres
“It is an alarm bell: the louder it rings, the greater the threat of genocide,” he warned.As part of its core mission to combat...
Juneteenth should be an impetus to heal from legacies of enslavement
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(Black PR Wire) In anticipation of this year’s observance of Juneteenth, the Global Circle for Reparations and Healing today released a...
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion
But recently, the level of participation has reached a new low – zero.Zero women in national or local decision-making bodies.Zero girls projected to be...
IOM Reports 60 Migrants Missing in Two Deadly Shipwrecks off Libya
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Cairo/Tripoli, 17 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply saddened by two confirmed shipwrecks off the coast...
USA for IOM Appoints New CEO to Lead Next Chapter of Humanitarian Innovation
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Geneva/Washington, D.C., 17 June 2025 – USA for IOM, the U.S. nonprofit partner of the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration...
More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
“We are walking the fine grey line between operational capacity and full disaster, every day,” said Dr Thanos Gargavanis, WHO trauma surgeon and emergency...
UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide
This will entail cutting just under half of all senior positions at the agency’s Geneva headquarters and regional bureaux. Around 3,500 permanent staff posts have...
Migrants and Diaspora Drive Development Through Remittance Flows
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Geneva, 16 June 2025 – Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, conflict, and rising inequality, one financial flow has remained remarkably...
Middle East crisis: Live updates for 16 June
Welcome to our live coverage
After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk...
Making Migrants Count: Experts Convene in Malmö to Close Gaps in Migration Data
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Malmö, Sweden, 16 June 2025 – Migration experts, policymakers, statisticians, and data scientists from around the world are convening in Malmö,...
America 5 Years After George Floyd’s Murder
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WASHINGTON – Five years ago, at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis, George Floyd died after...
Fighting Fascism, Then and Now — By Ted Glick
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By Ted Glick –
“Veterans and military family members are being fired by the thousands from federal jobs. Our health care is...
75 years after Dumarsais Estimé’s fall, what Haiti can still learn from his vision
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As the nation unravels today, the legacy of Haiti’s progressive president Estimé echoes louder than ever
By Stéphane Pierre-Paul —
It would be...
Trump The Inciter in Chief — By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson —
On Tuesday, June10, I was at the National Guard deployment facility on Alameda St. in DTLA. The...
A Historic May 20: Returning Migrants March for Unity, Dignity
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A Historic May...
