US: Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocation
“I deeply regret the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama despite serious concerns that this novel and untested method of suffocation may amount...
UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti
The migrants were on a boat carrying at least 77 people from Ras al-Ara off Yemen’s coast which capsized off the coast of Djibouti,...
Liberian law enforcement officers arrest, beat journalist Kasselee Sumo
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Abuja, March 29, 2024—Liberian authorities should investigate the law enforcement officers who tear-gassed and beat to unconsciousness journalist Kesselee...
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium producer
The southeast Asian country’s opium output has surpassed that of Afghanistan, where the Taliban imposed a ban on its production in April last year...
Unfortunately Trump got it right about Michigan
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Following his smash performance in the Michigan Primary, unfortunately Trump was right when he said “We Win Michigan, We Win the...
News outlets express solidarity with journalists in Gaza
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New York, February 29, 2024—Leaders of more than 100 news organizations across the world, including the Associated Press, Agence...
Stories from the UN Archive: The man who defined genocide
On the eve of International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime,...
Togo expels French journalist Thomas Dietrich, suspends foreign accreditations
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Dakar, April 17, 2024—Togolese authorities must identify and hold accountable the law enforcement agents responsible for arresting and assaulting...
Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens
The development is in line with several western European countries that have reportedly reduced access to similar gender identity treatments whose benefits were found...
Haitian Americans worry about Haiti but are wary of foreign intervention
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Some Haitian Americans say U.S. officials should be doing more to help those affected by the gang violence that has turned...
World News in Brief: Rights violations in Iran, Haiti chaos grows, prison reform in...
The report to the Human Rights Council said violations and crimes under international law committed in the protests sparked by the death of Jina...
World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad,...
Summarizing the state of the climate, the month ended with extreme heat in the southern hemisphere where it’s summer, while high temperatures atypical of...
UN representative on sexual violence in conflict to visit Israel and West Bank
Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, will also visit the occupied West Bank, where she will meet...
Comprehensive Reparations for Black America Primer
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What are Comprehensive Reparations?
The National African American Reparations Commission supports Comprehensive Reparations for Black America. Comprehensive reparations are expansive and focus...
Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia
“I was not aware that vegetables were that important or how to grow them,” said the 25-year-old farmer from Idas in West Kalimantan on...
How you helped journalists in 2023
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Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war
“For the sake of the people of Gaza, for the sake of the hostages and their families in Israel and for the sake of...
World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave...
This is being compounded by an increase in child and forced marriage, and the recruitment of boys by combatants in the continuing war between...
World News in Brief: Rising West Bank violence, dialogue critical in Kosovo, free Afghan...
Stability in the West Bank is vital to the prospects of peace in Gaza, UN Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland said over the weekend, warning...
Sudan: Under siege, El Fasher teeters on the brink of famine
The war has left 25 million Sudanese needing aid, but in El Fasher, an ever tightening siege is cutting off vulnerable civilians who urgently...
Reclaiming our history and humanity in struggle
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Emerging and emergent conversations about our future as a people conducted in the community and academy in...
Starvation and Suicide: Refugees in Kenya Camps
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The extreme cuts to food rations in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Settlement in Kenya have led to deadly...
Let Them Eat Flakes: Inflation, Nutrition and Reality
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By Julianne Malveaux —
Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? As each approached an elephant and tried to...
CPJ calls on Serbia not to extradite Belarusian journalist Andrei Hniot
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New York, May 14, 2024 — Serbian authorities should not extradite Belarusian journalist Andrei Hniot to face criminal charges...
