FEATURE: Niger’s girls find ‘sanctuary’ in fistula treatment centres
Twenty-three-year-old Kodi Moumdau laughs with a group of young women in brightly coloured shawls in her ward at the National Fistula Centre [Centre National de […]
Month: July 2018
Women’s leadership ‘critical’ to future of Niger
The role of women in leadership positions is critical to the future of a peaceful Niger according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. UN […]
International Day of Cooperatives sets stage for long-standing production and consumption
Each year on the first Saturday in July, the international community celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives – successful businesses that respect the resources they offer. […]
New identity cards deliver recognition and protection for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Rohingya refugees sheltering in Bangladesh will soon have credit card-sized plastic IDs – many possessing, for the first time ever, an individual identity document – […]
Libya urged to end migrant detention amid warnings over threat to Mediterranean search and rescue
The head of UN Migration Agency (IOM), William Lacy Swing, has urged Libya to stop detaining migrants who have been returned to the country’s shores […]
Girls groomed for suicide missions fight back against the extremists of Lake Chad
Halima Yakoy Adam won’t forget 22nd December in 2015, the day she was supposed to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the Lac Region […]
Forests ‘essential’ for the future, UN agriculture chief spells out in new report
Time is running out for the world’s forests, warns a new report by the United Nations agriculture agency, urging governments to foster an all-inclusive approach […]
Millions denied citizenship due to ideas of national, ethnic or racial ‘purity’: UN rights expert
Ideologies which define nationality as being determined by ethnicity or bloodline are denying millions of people of their right to citizenship, a UN expert has […]
Act now to end violence, Zeid urges Nicaraguan authorities
The Nicaraguan authorities should “take real steps” to prevent further loss of life in the country amid ongoing protests and violent repression by pro-Government “armed […]
Zeid calls for ICC probe into Myanmar Rohingya crisis
Myanmar should “have some shame” after attempting to convince the world that it is willing to take back hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled […]