The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday urged countries to step up reunification for Afghans whose families remain in the country or who are...
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The United Nations has condemned the deadly suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the largest Shia mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens...
Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year. He shares the prestigious award with Maria Ressa, another campaigning journalist from the Philippines. ...
Displaced families in Nigeria’s northeast are “knocking on the door of starvation”, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. Read the full story, “Displaced in...
Rising poverty a ‘moral indictment of our times’: Guterres
For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is on the rise, the UN chief said in his message released on Friday, marking the International Day for the...
Myanmar: In race against time, experts collect evidence of rights violations
For more than two years, a UN-appointed team of 59 people has been collecting and analyzing more than two million pieces of evidence about possible human rights violations in Myanmar. Read the full story, “Myanmar: In race against time,...
The right to a clean and healthy environment: 6 things you need to know
On 8 October, loud and unusual applause reverberated around the chamber of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. A battle fought for decades...
Table Banking Helping Women in Kenya to Put Food on the Table
NAIROBI, Oct 15 (IPS) – Pascaline Chemutai’s five acres of land located in the country’s breadbasket region of Rift Valley recently produced 115 bags...
World Food Day is not only a reminder of the importance of what we eat to everyone on the planet, but also “a call...
GENEVA, Oct 15 (IPS) – The guardians of the global economy convened in Washington this week to discuss their latest global growth forecasts. The...
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