Nigeria: UN genocide expert warns against worsening security situation
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on Thursday voiced...
Ethiopia: Northern aid access improving but some areas still hard to reach
UN humanitarians on Thursday reported that aid access in the north is...
Iraq must seize ‘brief window of opportunity’ to turn tide of instability
Iraq’s political class must urgently seize the current brief window of opportunity...
Resolution of ‘racism’ complaint brought by Qatar against UAE and Saudi Arabia
A UN body investigating discrimination complaints lodged by Qatar against the United...
Spain: Rights experts call for probe into claim Catalan leaders were spied on
Three independent UN-appointed human rights experts on Thursday demanded that the Spanish...
Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis
As crowds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) thronged on...
UN experts laud International Olympic Committee for considering admission of Russian, Belarusian athletes
Two UN experts commended the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday for...
Revive and restore wetlands, home to 40 per cent of all biodiversity
Although coastal and freshwater wetlands – such as swamps, mangroves and marshes...
Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: UNODC report
Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year,...
African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end...