World News in Brief: ‘Massive’ needs in Sudan, DR Congo aid shortfall, support for...
The UN estimates that in the past few weeks, over 330,000 people have fled into Tawila after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched violent...
IOM Spokesperson: Statement On Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) of Migrants in the United States
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9 May 2025, Geneva - For decades, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programs in...
Costa Rica’s refugee lifeline at breaking point amid funding crisis
“Without funding, asylum seekers are left in limbo – undocumented, unsupported and increasingly desperate,” said Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection.Her comments follow...
Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder insisted that the Israeli proposal to create a handful of aid hubs exclusively in the south of...
National Reparations Rally & Malcolm X Centennial Celebration — May 17, 2025, Washington, DC
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Reparations Activists to Host National Reparations Rally in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2025 Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Malcolm X:...
UN Security Council extends South Sudan mission amid rising instability
Introduced by the United States and supported by 11 other Council members, the resolution extended the mandate of UNMISS until 30 April next year.This...
UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples
The landmark decision, announced on Thursday, also considered the harm caused to succeeding generations.“Forced displacement is permanent in nature until the victims benefit from...
Port Sudan: No let-up in drone attacks as UN chief urges peace
The UN chief warned that any further escalation of the conflict could result in massive civilian casualties and worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian situation...
Absent faces, destroyed homes – young students paint the pain of Gaza
Their paintings and drawings range from a portrait of an esteemed Palestinian poet and family members killed in conflict, to a sky blackened by...
New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30
The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, maintained that Israeli forces hit the school in Al Bureij, Middle Gaza, at around 6pm on Tuesday...
DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that trucks packed with cereals, beans and cooking oil reached the city of Beni in North Kivu...
The Year of Malcolm X — by Dr. Ron Daniels
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As the world marks the 100th birthday of Malcolm X in 2025, Dr. Ron Daniels reflects on the powerful movement that...
Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese
“Every time this happens, people lose access to health services – and sometimes, to hope,” said Dr Humphrey Karamagi, the UN World Health Organization...
Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates
Nearly 20,000 people – mainly traumatized women and children – have reached Chad in the past two weeks, according to the UN refugee agency, UNCHR.“Most...
Nearly 110,000 Afghans Returned from Pakistan in a Month; IOM Seeks Urgent Funding
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Geneva/Kabul, 6 May 2025 – Amid a sharp increase in the number of Afghan nationals returning from Pakistan – including 109,891...
Report Back From the MLK People’s Convention with Chairman Larry Hamm
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May 5, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guest Larry Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization...
Sudan drone attacks raise fears for civilian safety and aid efforts
“These attacks appear to be the latest in a series of retaliatory military operations, conducted by the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed...
Statement from IOM Spokesperson: IOM Chief Visit to Tunisia
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Geneva/ Tunis, 5 May 2025 – At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and...
UN warns of growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza
In a statement released by the UN Humanitarian Country Team – which leads coordinated relief efforts across the Occupied Palestinian Territory – officials condemned...
Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow
The 28 March quakes killed over 3,800 people and damaged or destroyed more than 55,000 homes across multiple regions, including Bago, Kayin, Magway, Mandalay,...
Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees
With humanitarian resources running dry, critical support for millions of forcibly displaced people is under threat.
UNHCR said that two-thirds of countries hosting refugees are...
Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences
Mr. Shahada lost his leg due to a severe injury he suffered in Nuseirat in central Gaza in April 2024, but he picked up...
Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation
Speaking from Gaza City OCHA spokesperson Olga Cherevko told journalists in Geneva that a friend of hers “saw people burning a few days ago...
Pope Francis was a humble man of the people and an advocate for Black...
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
His Holiness Pope Francis made his transition on the morning of after Easter Sunday, after he delivered...
