UN Secretary-General António Guterres has highlighted the need for dialogue to reduce the nuclear threat after countries failed to reach consensus at a conference...
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Young Jordanians innovate to tackle food insecurity
In Jordan, where many struggle to find enough to eat, young people are finding creative ways to tackle food insecurity, and create sustainable, environmentally...
An expert on the human rights situation in Cambodia has issued a 10-point agenda for the authorities which calls for opening up political space...
Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia
Staple foods have become unaffordable, warned UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei on Friday, who pointed out that severe malnutrition in crisis-wracked...
WMO: Greater Horn of Africa drought forecast to continue for fifth year
As millions of people in the Greater Horn of Africa have already “suffered the longest drought in 40 years,” parts of the region are bracing for...
Chad: Unprecedented flooding affects more than 340,000 people
Torrential rainfall has triggered unprecedented flooding in Chad, affecting more than 340,000 people living in 55,000 households – surpassing last year’s figure of more than...
In Zimbabwe, Auxillia Mnangagwa is Following in Grace Gucci Mugabes Path
Bulawayo, Aug 26 (IPS) – On Friday, November 24, 2017, Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn as interim leader during a colourful ceremony at the National...
Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the UN’s top aid official in the country issued an...
The Journey to Defend Human Rights Never Ends
GENEVA, Aug 26 (IPS) – As you know, after four years as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, my mandate ends next week,...
Afghanistan: UNHCR alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan
On Thursday, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, warned of the danger faced by Afghan refugees who continue to be detained and deported from Tajikistan,...
Gaza: 340 children killed despite ceasefire agreement – UNICEF 
Security Council LIVE: Sudan’s war spreads as drones and hunger take a deadly toll 
Guterres urges faster action and financing to stop biodiversity loss 
Horned dinosaurs’ weapons evolved to handle the forces of combat