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Respect for fundamental rights key to peaceful elections in Kenya

Independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on authorities and political candidates standing in next month’s general election to foster an enabling civic space to...

Cost of living crisis hits poorest the hardest

Billions of people are facing the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation due to rising food and energy prices amid rapid inflation...

More than 2M Food Insecure Sudanese to Benefit from a New Emergency Safety Net Project

The pause of disbursements by the World Bank in all of its operations to Government of Sudan as of October 25, 2021 remains in...

Building the future with self-healing concrete and biocement

After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth. With applications from housing and industry to coastal defence and infrastructure, concrete and...

CFP: IV Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia Conference

Academic conference:  Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia Fourth Edition Dates: December 2-3, 2022The focus of the conference is on modern China-Eurasia studies in a...

A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women

Venezuela's rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country's socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro...

Key UN forum closes with ‘enthusiasm, passion and high-energy’ to reach the SDGs

Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters...

Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’

Young people must be recognized around the world as “drivers of change” and empowered to become “fully engaged in decisions affecting their future,” said...

UN: Ensure peaceful and constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka

The head of the UN Country Team in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with...

South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’

A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability...

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