FROM THE FIELD: Free tutorials in Mali, ‘a life-saver’ for Fatouma
After fleeing her home in Macina, a small village in central Mali, where she was due to be forced into marriage against her will, 16-year-old […]
Month: January 2019
Car bomb attack on National Police Academy in Colombia, ‘strongly condemned’ by UN
A car bomb attack at the National Police Academy in the Colombian capital Bogotá, which reportedly left at least nine dead and dozens injured, has […]
Sudan: UN rights chief alarmed over ‘excessive force’, alleged use of live fire against protestors
The reported use of “excessive force” against demonstrators across Sudan over food and fuel shortages that has led to the deaths of at least 24 […]
Iran: women hunger strikers entitled to medical care, UN rights experts urge
A group of six independent United Nations rights experts called on Iran Wednesday to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi access to appropriate health […]
Nearly 900 reportedly killed following ‘shocking’ intercommunal attacks in DR Congo
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said on Wednesday that at least 890 villagers were reportedly killed in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo […]
More urgency needed to help increasing numbers ‘locked out’, before 2030, says UN’s Bachelet
Many countries are failing to protect and promote the interests of all their people – despite pledging to do so in 2016 – the UN’s High […]
More urgency needed to help increasing numbers ‘locked out’, before 2030, says UN’s Bachelet
Many countries are failing to protect and promote the interests of all their people – despite pledging to do so in 2016 – the UN’s High […]
Migration surge leaves children stranded, begging on Djibouti’s streets
Begging, scrubbing cars or selling themselves on the street for sex are a way of life for many children in Djibouti, according to a survey […]
Advancing multilateralism goes ‘hand-in-hand’ with work of the UN
Revitalizing the United Nations to “strengthen a multilateral rule-based world order” tops a list of priorities the General Assembly President told UN Member States on […]
‘Historic’ moment: Palestine takes reins of developing country’s Group of 77
Acknowledging “a long road ahead” on the United Nations ambitious agenda, Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed “the historic leadership of the state of Palestine” as the […]