Humanitarian funding cuts pushing millions into hunger: WFP
Programmes in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan are already facing major disruptions, which will only...
Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’
The development comes as UN Secretary-General António Guterres cautioned that conflict-driven hunger is spreading “from Gaza to Sudan and beyond”.“Hunger fuels instability and undermines...
World News in Brief: IMO tanker attack alert, UN Women on new Afghan law,...
“The risk of an oil spill, posing an extremely serious environmental hazard, remains high,” said IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, emphasising that the tanker is...
Unforgivable Blackness of Liberation, Resistance and Radical Refusal
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
The most recent fabricated, false and fear-mongering ranting by Trump, Vance and various other MAGA advocates and...
Dr. Benjamin Chavis Celebrated as ‘Father of the Environmental Justice movement’
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“Don’t cop out, cop in,” Chavis calls for activists to use their power at the upcoming United Nations COP30 conference.
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Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in DR Congo: WHO,...
The United Nations agency has received only $1.57 billion of the $21.1 billion required to sustain its operations this year, with donations slashed by...
You Were Always Enough
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By Ben Jealous —
When New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams spoke directly to Black boys at a recent inauguration, his...
Why Mamdani Needs a Black Agenda
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Sunday September 28th I was delighted to attend the massive Zohran Mamdani Get...
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...
Reconnect with our common humanity and reject ‘treacherous new normal’
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Türk underscored that international human rights and humanitarian law “are our mainstay against unbridled power.”Speaking...
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...
Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’
Speaking from an UNRWA school in Gaza City, which is in the north of the Strip, Ms. Wateridge said that, for almost 50 days,...
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,”...
On Hot Seat for the Fires in LA: Rally Around Karen Bass
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Host of the influential Hutchinson Report and Founder of the...
Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry at 95, Part III
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This Special Edition of Vantage Point, hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels, continues the conversation with Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, Senior Pastor...
Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies
In a new report, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) has detailed the catastrophic humanitarian situation unfolding in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s...
Hurricane Melissa: Caribbean braces for destructive winds and ‘catastrophic rainfall’
“Destructive winds, dangerous storm surge, and catastrophic rainfall” are due to hit the region, warned UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.Continuing to work closely with Resident...
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...
UN urges peace and respect for Olympic Truce as Paris Summer Games begin
In November, the UN General Assembly adopted a vote to observe the truce in Paris.“In a moment like this, it's important to say that...
Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence
In its annual report released on Tuesday, the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said it had made “important progress” documenting crimes and identifying...
Gender equality at risk: UN officials highlight danger of pulling peacekeepers out
Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, which champions gender equality worldwide, told ambassadors in the Security Council that cuts are being made by...
Sudan war: Aid teams plead for access to thousands trapped in El Fasher
That ordeal reduced people to eating peanut shells and animal feed, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday, before condemning the reported...
Aid blockade deepens Gaza crisis as malnutrition deaths rise, warns UNRWA
“For over 150 days, not a single truck from UNRWA has been permitted to deliver food, medicine or other essentials into Gaza,” the agency...
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...
