$667 million funding call to help Afghans through economic crisis
Afghanistan’s economy is imploding, with all but three per cent of households...
UN’s top envoy warns Great Lakes Region is ‘at a crossroads’
Speaking at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Africa’s Great Lakes region on Wednesday, the Secretary-General’s...
Restore sexual, reproductive health rights lost during COVID, rights expert urges
Sexual and reproductive health rights, are human rights, the independent UN expert...
Only ‘real equality’ can end vicious cycle of poverty
Although poverty and privilege “continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles”, it is possible to break the...
Only ‘real equality’ can end vicious cycle of poverty
Although poverty and privilege “continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles”, it is possible to break the...
Rush for new profits posing threat to human rights, UN experts warn
The finance industry’s demand for new sources of capital worldwide to satisfy investors, is having a serious negative...
Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria
Four children – three boys and a girl – were killed on...
Humanitarian assistance stepped up on Yemen's west coast, amid clashes
Humanitarian assistance has been ramped up on Yemen’s west coast where ongoing...
1.5 billion people, living with soil too salty to be fertile
Between 20 to 50 per cent of irrigated soils in all continents have...
‘Overzealous’ security services undermining South Sudan peace: rights experts
State security forces in South Sudan have been responsible for imposing new and potentially arbitrary restrictions against the country’s most...
