‘Giving help and giving hope’, an aerial lifeline to the world’s most isolated
The WFP’s Executive Director Cindy McCain said the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), which is managed by the UN’s food agency, enabled humanitarians to...
The White Supremacist-in-Chief — By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson —
White supremacy, not the Constitution, is now the law of the land, courtesy of Donald Trump. It...
Thousands survived a brutal gang attack in Haiti that killed 70. Now they face...
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By Pierre-Richard Luxama and Dánica Coto, AP —
Under the cover of night, dozens of gang members crept toward the small town...
Syria: Hostilities and aid challenges persist across devastated country
In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that more than 25,000 people have been newly uprooted from the northeastern city of Manbij, where...
UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent
In a message released ahead of the Day, Mr. Guterres honoured the “extraordinary” contributions of people of African descent across every sphere of human...
DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi
“Over 63,000 people now have crossed into the country, Burundi, fleeing atrocities, deadly conflict in parts of eastern DR Congo,” said Faith Kasina, UNHCR...
In Africa’s Sahel, conflict and climate change force millions from their homes
The figure represents a two-thirds increase in displacement over the past five years, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at the epicentre of overlapping...
Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid
Since the ceasefire on 19 January, some 138,000 Palestinians have benefited from cash assistance, including people with disabilities and pregnant and breastfeeding women.The UN...
World News In Brief: UN rights chief on Bangladesh protests, alarm over Gershkovich sentence,...
Volker Türk said the move constituted a restriction on freedom of expression and the right to seek, receive, and impart information.The High Commissioner continues...
Mapping Our Way Forward in Treacherous Times, Pt. 1
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Part 1.
Certainly, no one can honestly doubt, accurately deny or innocently dismiss the fact that we are...
Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’
There are estimated to be some 400 of these criminal enterprises in the Philippines alone. They are almost always operated clandestinely and illegally alongside...
‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency
“Wildlife crime inflicts untold harm upon nature and it also jeopardizes livelihoods, public health, good governance and our planet’s ability to fight climate change,”...
Syria: Thousands of displaced head home, but many refugees still wary
The development comes as a recent survey of Syrian refugees in the region reveals that some 75 per cent of respondents have no plans...
UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation
The development came as UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned “escalation after escalation” in the Middle East on Tuesday and as UN High Commissioner for...
Preserving Our Natural Wonders is a Patriotic Cause Worth Fighting For
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By Ben Jealous —
Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old,...
Black Led Rainbow Wave to the Rescue — Dedicated to Rev. Jesse L. Jackson...
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Vantage Point VignetteDr. Ron Daniels, President, IBW-ACTION
How is it that one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history is...
US cuts mean ‘essential’ UN mental health teams in Ukraine risk closure
A young mother, five children in tow, steps off a train in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, holding a small bag. She is...
Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
That’s the warning from a new report by the UN Spotlight Initiative, which finds that climate change is intensifying the social and economic stresses that are...
‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fibrosis affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable
16 years – that is how long Dah had to live with the agonising condition, undergoing eight different surgical procedures before finally getting the...
Concerns for our people, struggle and world
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
No one can miss or mistake the deep and insistent anxiety, apprehension and righteous anger that precede...
Israeli attack puts last functioning hospital in Gaza City out of service
“Al Ahli Hospital is out of service,” WHO spokesperson Dr Margaret Harris told UN News, after the airstrike early on Sunday morning. “The pharmacy was destroyed,...
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...
Ill-Advised and Problematic — by Dr. Ron Daniels
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
I hold Governor Wes Moore in high regard as a capable public servant...
‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Melissa hours from landfall in Jamaica
Briefing reporters hours before Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica, a representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies...
