UN chief lauds ‘demonstrable effort to make peace’ in Ethiopia
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday said he was “delighted” to learn that “a demonstrable effort to make peace” in Ethiopia is finally underway, according to information relayed to him by the African Union High Representative for the Horn of...
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Jan 19 (IPS) – Not for the first time, global energy markets are in turmoil. Internationally traded gas prices more than quadrupled in 2021....
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 (IPS) – The official start of free trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in January 2021 moved...
Human Trafficking, Rape, Extortion Behind ‘Forced Conversions’, say Experts
KARACHI, Jan 19 (IPS) – Two years after Michelle, 15, was kidnapped, sold, forced to convert to Islam and married to a stranger, relatives...
Last year joined the list of the seven warmest years on record, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday, and was also the seventh...
Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which gives the head of the World Health Organization...
The UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday appealed for $1.6 billion to support its lifesaving work this year amid acute regional...
Bachelet: Women’s participation forging peace worldwide, ‘vastly worse’ post pandemic
With COVID-19, the situation for women human rights defenders and the prospects for women’s full participation in building peace, has become “vastly worse”, the UN...
At least three people have died in Tonga following the massive volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami wave that hit over the weekend. Homes and...
Authorities in Sudan must immediately halt unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against protesters, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling...
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