UN rights experts ‘deeply troubled’ by impunity for killing of Palestinian children
UN independent human rights experts, on Thursday, called for an impartial and independent investigation into the killing of a 15-year-old child by Israeli security...
Fighting displaces over 500,000 in northern Mozambique
Attacks by armed groups in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia and Niassa provinces have displaced more than 530,000 people, many of whom have been...
EU: A common agenda for our recovery and renewed vitality
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President David Sassoli and Chancellor Angela Merkel, on behalf of the Presidency of the Council, signed...
Madagascar Needs Bold Reforms to Reopen the Country
The latest World Bank economic update for Madagascar estimates that the economy contracted by 4.2 percent in 2020 due to COVID-19 disruptions to global...
Tigray crisis: Humanitarian aid for children must be a priority
Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of...
China undermining human rights by locking up rights lawyers
China has mounted a "shocking" five-year assault on lawyers who stand up for human rights, putting them in prison and even torturing them, an...
Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement to be fully operational on 1 January 2021
The EU-UK Joint Committee met virtually today to endorse all formal decisions and other practical solutions related to the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement,...
World Bank Group to Boost Nigeria’s Efforts to Reduce Poverty
The World Bank Group (WBG) discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) from 2021 to 2024 and approved a $1.5-billion package to help...
Tech-Skills for Sustainable Water Management and Youth Employment in Africa
“World water consumption is growing at a frenetic rate…more than 900 million people in the world still do not have access to sufficient drinking...
EU Citizenship Report: empowering citizens and protecting their rights
Today, the Commission published the 2020 EU Citizenship Report, which takes stock of the progress made on EU citizenship since the last report in...