Delta variant, a warning the COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries,...
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Mercenaries ‘impede’ peace, must leave Libya to allow elections
The continued recruitment and presence of mercenaries in Libya is impeding “progress in the peace process” and an obstacle to upcoming elections, independent UN...
Muslim Women in Indias Workforce: Where Are They?
Jul 30 (IPS) – Muslims are the largest minority community in India, and yet, they are highly underrepresented both in public and private institutions....
What Public Health Officials Can Learn from a New Long COVID Survey
ABUJA, Jul 30 (IPS) – A new survey on public awareness of long COVID by ‘Resolve to Save Lives” showed that among the 40% of Americans...
100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a tenfold jump over average annual...
A teenage girl who was sold for sex for the price of a few beers as a twelve-year-old, has told the United Nations how...
The global Formula E electric race series, a partner with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has grown in popularity since it launched some seven years...
COVID-19 vaccine shipments boost for Africa
After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in Africa, delivers have ramped up in recent months, the UN health agency said on Thursday. Read the full story, “COVID-19...
Human trafficking: UN chief calls for action as COVID leaves ‘many millions’ more vulnerable
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday urged States to take action against human trafficking, where a third of all victims are children. Read...
Countries urged to develop pandemic preparedness and response treaty
A senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the need for a global treaty on pandemic preparedness and response, urging countries...
Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger 
100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread 
South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Violence Slows SDG Goals, Rips Apart Africans’ Free Movement Call 
Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General