Yemen: Nearly half the population facing acute food insecurity in some southern areas
Yemen remains trapped in a prolonged political, humanitarian and development crisis, after enduring years of conflict between government forces and Houthi rebels, with populations...
Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos
Speaking to journalists in Deir al Balah on Saturday, Jonathan Whittall, who heads the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) in Gaza and the West...
UN reiterates call for urgent de-escalation amid Iran-Israel conflict, worsening Gaza crisis
In a joint call to de-escalate, UN agencies have warned that further conflict risks triggering new displacement in a region already strained by decades...
Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online...
With more than 5.5 billion people connected online – nearly all of them active on social media – digital platforms have become central to...
Ukraine: Security Council hears of escalating attacks, diplomatic developments
“As we are facing renewed escalation on the ground and crisis elsewhere, it is critical to maintain focused attention on the urgent need for...
For too long, ‘unbound horrors’ have unfolded in Sudan
Since civil war erupted in April 2023 between the generals of the national army and their former allies-turned rivals, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
From Syria, UN refugee chief calls for greater solidarity with displaced people
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, sounded the alarm on Friday, World Refugee Day, in a message from Syria.He said the abject...
Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease
“I met a little boy who was wounded by a tank shell at one of these sites on the final day of me leaving...
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 20 June
One week since the Israel-Iran conflict erupted, diplomatic efforts to end the war are ramping up in Geneva today as foreign ministers from France,...
The “Liberation” of California? — The MAGA dictator has moved us closer to a...
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The Trump administration’s big lie is that only the most vicious and violent of those in the country without proper documentation...
Defending Black Immigrants, Others and Ourselves
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
In the midst of our community conversations and participation in the urgent and ever-widening resistance to the...
‘We are at a point of no return’: grave violations against children surge for...
This number represents a 25 per cent increase from 2023, marking the third consecutive year that violations have increased. 22,495 violations were committed against...
World News in Brief: Global investment plunges, hurricane season in Haiti, rising cholera and...
Their latest data shows that the outlook for international investment this year “is negative”, a sharp course correction from January, when “modest” growth seemed...
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...
Human Rights Council hears alarming updates on executions in Iran and global civic space...
At least 975 people were executed in Iran in 2024, the highest number reported since 2015, according to a report Deputy High Commissioner for...
UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Wednesday called on the Israeli military to cease the use of lethal...
UN relief chief calls for solidarity, with humanitarians ‘literally under attack’
Tom Fletcher was speaking at the annual stock-take of his sector known as the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, which brings together UN Member States...
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...
What Would We Do Without Immigrants? — by Dr. Julianne Malveaux
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Douglas Turner Ward (1930-2021) wrote a searing play, Days of Absence that depicted the way life might...
Culturally Responsive Education for Black Youth — Remembering Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
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By Dr. Brenda M. Greene —
Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, national educational consultant, publisher, and the author of over 30 books that address...
‘Hate speech is poison in the well of society,’ says Guterres
“It is an alarm bell: the louder it rings, the greater the threat of genocide,” he warned.As part of its core mission to combat...
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...
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion
But recently, the level of participation has reached a new low – zero.Zero women in national or local decision-making bodies.Zero girls projected to be...
More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
“We are walking the fine grey line between operational capacity and full disaster, every day,” said Dr Thanos Gargavanis, WHO trauma surgeon and emergency...
