Turkey: EU extends humanitarian support for refugees
The European Commission has extended two humanitarian flagship programmes in Turkey until early 2022. These programmes help over 1.8 million refugees meet their basic...
Explainer: COVID-19 vaccination in the EU
With which companies have you concluded COVID-19 vaccine agreements?
The Commission is negotiating intensely to build a diversified portfolio of vaccines for EU citizens at...
Iraq: Trump pardons for Baghdad Blackwater guards ‘contributes to impunity’
The UN human rights office OHCHR, has voiced deep concern over the decision by United States President Donald Trump to grant pardons to four security guards...
CAR: UN rights office warns of ‘escalating violence’ ahead of Sunday poll
Just days before elections in the Central African Republic (CAR), an uptick in armed violence is threatening the safety of civilians and their right...
Tigray: Hundreds of civilians reported killed in artillery strikes
Reports of artillery strikes on civilians and mass killings of non-combatants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, must be investigated and full access granted to independent investigators, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.
The appeal...
CAR: UN chief condemns escalating violence during election campaign
With a week to go until elections are scheduled to take place in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN is concerned about an...
New pan-African trade deal could be the “anti-Brexit” and unleash continent’s economic potential
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), due to launch in January 2021, is likely to be a watershed for African regional and international agri-food...
Conflict, floods and COVID-19 push South Sudanese into extreme hunger
Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday...
Thailand: UN rights office deeply troubled by treason charges for protestors
Thailand’s decision to charge protestors with treason is deeply troubling, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday following the arrest of at...
Funding needed to halt ‘life threatening crisis’ facing refugees in Kenya
Amidst a “critical shortage” of resources, hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya will lack food unless new funds are swiftly received, the UN’s...