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Ethiopia’s controversial new dam

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Ethiopia will tomorrow inaugurate Africa’s largest dam, a major source of electricity and national zeal for the country, but one that...

‘The real challenge is still ahead’: UN warns on Afghan returnees

“The real challenge is still ahead of us,” Stephanie Loose, Programme Manager in Afghanistan, told journalists in Geneva on Friday.“We’re speaking about the reintegration...

Reign of Terror

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — They came to MacArthur Park on horseback and in riot gear, their faces covered and their weapons...

Somalia declares drought emergency as millions face hunger after failed rains

On 10 November, the Federal Government of Somalia formally declared a drought emergency and appealed for urgent international assistance as conditions continued to deteriorate...

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...

Some Instructive Insights From the Odu Ifa

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the midst of our and other ongoing struggles for liberation, freedom, justice and other indispensable and...

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...

Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip

Recently, Israel has denied fewer humanitarian movements but approved missions “still take hours to complete and teams have been compelled to wait on roads...

Washington Informer article cites rising overdose deaths in Black communities

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Expanding access, breaking stigma: Tracie Gardner and Daliah Heller highlight rising overdose deaths in Black communities and the urgent need for...

‘Wars, disasters, displacement, hunger’ continue to burden Myanmar

Four years after the military coup which deposed the democratically elected government, Myanmar’s civil conflict grinds on, leaving millions displaced and without a home.“The...

Gaza: Diplomatic momentum must translate into urgent steps on the ground

That’s according to Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, who told journalists in New York that it was “essential now to translate the diplomatic momentum into...

Two Flags Flying

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick — For the last month or so there have been two small flags flying prominently outside the front door...

Millions of young women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners: WHO

The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, draws on existing data and provides the first detailed examination of...

Long after the guns fall silent, conflict-related sexual violence leaves lasting scars

In 2024 alone, the UN verified around 4,500 cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), though the real number is likely much higher. An overwhelming...

UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria

“I arrived, I have to say, with a heavy heart, given the compounded traumas over decades in both countries, but I see signs of...

Belgium Marks Congo Leader’s Legacy and Possible Trial

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Surprise move towards trial of veteran diplomat over Patrice Lumumba’s 1961 assassination coincides with show seeking to widen focus on his...

Dignity for migrants should be our guiding light, insists ‘Cabrini’ film star

“Being from southern Italy, the migration issue is very close to my heart. Southern Italians have always emigrated throughout history, especially during the Second...

UNRWA chief renews call for probe into attacks on humanitarians in Gaza

Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini made the appeal in a statement posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.He noted that 15 months after the war...

UN warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’ in Gaza as Israel announces humanitarian pauses

But as starvation tightens its grip and “children are dying before our eyes,” UN officials and aid workers warn that the measures fall far...

World News in Brief: Terror attacks in Pakistan and Burkina Faso, Yemen floods update,...

Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group, claimed responsibility for the attack in Burkina Faso on August 24. The attacks in Pakistan, which took...

ICE, the Price of Punishment, and the Communities That Pay

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The United States insists it cannot afford housing, jobs, or care. Yet it can always afford cages....

Post-war order facing ‘greatest test since its creation’: UN relief chief

Tom Fletcher was addressing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) which was set up by the UN General Assembly in the early 1990s as a...

Israel must end ‘cruel collective punishment’ in Gaza, urges UN relief chief

In a powerful statement on Thursday, Tom Fletcher, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, condemned Israel’s decision to halt humanitarian assistance as a “cruel collective...

Interview this mind-blowing expert on the science behind the Biblical account of creation –...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). People from all nations and all educational background including scientists, laypeople, religious and nonreligious people have been trying to understand the...