UN provides life-saving aid for refugees and migrants in Mexico, as numbers soar
For several years, the number of people transiting through Mexico, many hoping for a better life in the USA, has continued to grow. The...
Sudan: Looting in Darfur, leaves 730,000 without enough to eat
The UN chief condemned on Wednesday the looting and attacks against United Nations facilities, equipment and supplies gifted to the Sudanese authorities for civilian in El Fasher, Darfur.
Last Tuesday evening, a...
20 years of the euro in your pocket
Twenty years ago, on 1 January 2002, twelve EU countries changed their national currency banknotes and coins for the euro in the largest currency...
Urgent action needed to save Rohingya refugees distressed at sea in Indonesia
The UN refugee agency called on Wednesday for the immediate, life-saving disembarkation of a group of Rohingya refugees in distress at sea off the...
Three separate shipwrecks leave dozens dead and more missing
At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks over the course of four days last week in the Aegean Sea, and...
Annual Human Rights Review – Indian occupied Kashmir, 2021
Review: 257 killings, 195 CASOs, 130 residential houses bombed, 80 military operations, 163 freedom fighters killed, 48 Indian occupying forces killed in retaliation, and 46 civilians murdered by the...
Iraq launches activities to combat child labour as part of nation-wide campaign
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organization kicked off a series of activities that support a nation-wide campaign to...
The Commission proposes the next generation of EU own resources
The Commission has today proposed to establish the next generation of own resources for the EU budget by putting forward three new sources of...
Thousands head home voluntarily from Zambia to DR Congo
Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) four years ago, are opting to head home voluntarily from...
A Climate Change Solution Direct from the Congo
A revealing account authored by former US Diplomat and World Bank Group (IFC) official Oliver Griffith provides a compelling perspective on a scalable solution...