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Fears grow that Lebanon may become another Gaza

“It's impossible to meet the needs of more than a million people who have been suddenly uprooted, displaced and dispossessed without additional resources coming...

In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation

According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform, two out of three famine thresholds for food consumption have been breached across most...

Systemic gender oppression in Afghanistan may amount to crimes against humanity

The de facto authorities in Afghanistan, the Taliban, swept back into power in August 2021 and swiftly began curtailing women’s rights, including imposing stricter...

One wrong letter: UN moves to curb cybercrime with new convention

You place your order, make the payment, and only later notice a small detail: just one letter in the website address was different.That’s how...

Desperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza

UN agencies warn that the decimated enclave is teetering on the brink of further chaos after months of war and the collapse of all...

UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply

The agency says it already has enough supplies in place to feed the entire population of the Strip for three months – if full...

Sri Lanka cyclone: More than a million still need aid weeks after Ditwah floods

The cyclone made landfall on the island’s eastern coast on 28 November, triggering widespread flooding and deadly landslides across all 25 districts.While some displaced...

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...

Aid continues despite winter hardship in Gaza and West Bank, UN says

That’s according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing journalists in New York on Thursday.Citing the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, Mr. Dujarric said humanitarian...

DEI is Dying: What is Our Response?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Black Dollars Matter—Let’s Get Ready to Rumble Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels White supremacist-tinged White folks...

France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts

The UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts criticised the decision by the French football and basketball federations to exclude players wearing the hijab from competitions, including...

‘The margins of the budget’: Gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion...

“The money simply is not reaching the women and girls who need it most,” UN Women said in a news release issued on Monday....

Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur

Renewed attacks on camps – including Zamzam and Abu Shouk – that were sheltering those displaced by earlier violence have now forced an estimated...

‘Lebanon risks falling off a humanitarian cliff’: UN relief coordinator

Speaking at the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty held in Paris, Imran Riza expressed grave concerns for civilians. “As hostilities persist,...

Bipartisan bill demands Trump administration come up with strategy to help Haiti

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald — One of Haiti’s staunchest advocates in Congress wants to force the Trump administration to come up...

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...

DR Congo: Displaced people in South Kivu close to ‘utter desperation’, WFP says

That’s according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), which announced on Tuesday that it is scaling up to deliver aid to more than 210,000 people displaced by the violence after a new...

Contribute to the HSP Haiti Crisis Fund

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yes, I want to help the Haiti Support Project in its efforts to assist Haiti to resolve the current crisis and...

UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic

Investigations by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MINUSCA, found evidence of summary executions, sexual violence...

NUL Declares’ State of Emergency’ for Black America in 2025 Report

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The report also warns of a rise in digital extremism. “During the...

Historic first medal for Refugee Olympic Team

The 25-year-old was the first boxer to qualify for the Refugee Olympic Team, and now she is slated to win gold, silver or bronze later...

The Liberty in Laundry Act Sounds Like a Joke. Sadly It’s Not.

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  The incoming Trump administration is supposedly interested in “efficiency.” It has a whole quasigovernmental department – the Elon...

Ukraine reels from one of the deadliest days of war

“With 21 civilians reported killed, 7 March was one of the deadliest days for civilians in Ukraine so far this year,” UN mission chief...

“All Boots on the Bridge” — Official Song of the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “All Boots on the Bridge” is the official song of the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee, performed by Faya Ora Rose Touré,...