ADVERTISING SPOT 7: CONTACT US TO PROMOTE YOUR ADS HERE

Taliban assault on women’s rights continues in Afghanistan

On Thursday, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) spokesperson Liz Throssell revealed that in its latest act of disempowerment, de facto authorities have told women...

Daring to Oppose War and Practice Peace

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this critical moment of warmongering and warmaking and the awesome waste of lives and of needed...

UN rights office urges humane treatment of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees

“Images of emaciated Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees released as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement have been deeply distressing,”...

Science180 Launches Shocking Non-Evolution, Non-Big Bang Scientific Theory of the Origins of the Universe,...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel presents mathematical proof challenging the multibillion-year age of the cosmos by calculating the formation of Earth,...

What 400 Years of Family History Teaches About This American Moment

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  We just fell back. The season of darkness is coming on. But this year, more than any I...

The Bio of a True Revolutionary: Don Rojas

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Don Rojas is the Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), and...

Iran: UN experts call for strict new hijab law to be repealed

Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement that it represents a fundamental attack on women’s rights. The legislation, which applies to children...

DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack

“We are deeply alarmed at the heightened risk of an attack by the M23 armed group on Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in...

‘Human rights cannot wait’: Türk launches $400 million appeal for 2026

He warned Member States that with crises mounting, the world cannot afford a human rights system in crisis. “The cost of our work is low; the human cost...

Virtual Forum: “International Crisis in Cuba”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » Virtual Forum: “International Crisis in Cuba” ...

Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks

In a scheduled update mandated by the Council in Geneva, Nada Al-Nashif said that these attacks had led to the deaths of 574 civilians...

World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update,...

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mohamed was also found guilty of crimes against humanity. The charges included flogging, sexual slavery and...

Strategy and Tactics for the Burgeoning Resistance — By Ted Glick

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – The wide mix of acts of resistance over the past week have made it clear that there is...

Four years on, here’s what total exclusion of women in Afghanistan looks like

Four years after Taliban fighters retook the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, gender equality agency UN Women is warning that the situation for...

Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained

“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them UNRWA staff, are hungry…fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties,” said Juliette Touma, Director of...

Birth in a war zone: Coping amid ongoing attacks in Ukraine

The couple had gone to Maternity Hospital No. 5 in the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine. The facility is known for its...

Human Rights Council elects Indonesian candidate President for 2026

Under Council rules, presidents are appointed to serve for one year by the body’s 47 Member States, based in Geneva.Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro will...

UN rights chief raises alarm over escalating violence in Syria

The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN rights chief said on Sunday following a series of...

Afghanistan: Meet the midwife who stayed

As foreign troops suddenly withdrew, life for millions of Afghans, especially women and girls descended into chaos.“If I had left, a mother or a...

The Bishop Who Stood Up to Trump

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels In the spirit of resistance and transformation which I have been repeatedly advocating,...

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...

Amidst uncertainty, a helpline in Pakistan becomes a lifeline for Afghans

She sits among a multilingual team of 40 colleagues, speakers of Pashto, Dari, Persian, Arabic, Urdu and English, in a room filled with monitors...

A Milestone Moment for My Son and Me A Personal Political Note

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Today is November 16, two days after the Institute of the Black World...