From policy to progress: UN deputy chief Mohammed outlines path for Africa’s clean energy...
“Access to electricity is not just a matter of convenience; it is a fundamental human right that underpins economic growth, education, healthcare, and gender...
Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows
“Hope returns to Gaza, but it’s fragile,” said Corinne Fleischer, World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. “With...
We Will Not Be Erased — By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing...
Four years after the coup, Myanmar remains on the brink
Myanmar’s Enduring Polycrisis: Four Years into a Tumultuous Journey, launched on Wednesday, points to the bleak picture of a nation in freefall, with nearly...
UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment
The move from the UN agency dedicated to ending the disease came in response to an immediate 90-day funding pause for all foreign assistance...
DR Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns WHO
The internet also remains down in the provincial capital and only mobile phone networks are functioning, with M23 fighters apparently in control of “a significant...
In Salon interview, Dr. Gail C. Christopher discusses finding positivity while mourning the change...
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In Salon interview, Dr. Gail C. Christopher, an award-winning change agent and executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity...
Demand Diversity Roundtable Response to Administration’s Threat To DEI
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Marc H. MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League
“A second Trump administration intends to abandon efforts to advance and legally defend affirmative action...
DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told
Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), provided a detailed briefing from Goma, highlighting the dire...
World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US...
The children were among the patients being treated in the hospital's emergency ward for injuries from previous bombings in the area, said the UN...
On Hot Seat for the Fires in LA: Rally Around Karen Bass
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Host of the influential Hutchinson Report and Founder of the...
DR CONGO CRISIS: Live updates for 28 January as Security Council meets
The Security Council will be holding a meeting at UN Headquarters in New York at 3pm local time as the situation in the Democratic...
Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears
Briefing ambassadors in New York on Tuesday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini warned that the laws passed in October last year jeopardize the lives of...
DR Congo emergency: next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies
Dead bodies lie in the streets, hospitals are overwhelmed and there has been an uptick in reports of sexual violence, rape and looting.“Roads are...
Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities
Briefing ambassadors, Karim Khan highlighted the urgent need for justice and accountability as violence and humanitarian suffering escalate.“Criminality is accelerating in Darfur. Civilians are...
DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds
In a briefing on Monday, Mr. Lacroix told journalists in New York that some staff from the UN’s Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic...
Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’
President Trump’s executive order a week ago called for all foreign aid to be re-evaluated to ensure that it complies which his new foreign...
Panama, Greenland, Palestine, Ukraine: What About National Self-Determination?
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By Ted Glick –
Ever since Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine I’ve been thinking about the issue of the right of nations...
‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief
Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said the essence of commemorations was to acknowledge the past but...
Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires
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January 27, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires | Black History & Culture.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Author, Political...
Saints and liars: The story of American aid workers who helped Jewish refugees escape...
A new book on their work underlines the chaos of the time, and the difficult decisions they had to make, knowing that for every...
DR CONGO CRISIS: Live updates as Security Council holds emergency meeting
Spiralling violence and killings in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo triggered an emergency Security Council meeting Sunday morning on the heels of...
UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon
The timelines envisaged in the November ceasefire agreement “have not been met”, according to a joint statement by UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine...
What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border
One of the UN’s longest-standing peacekeeping missions – the UN Disengagement Observer Force, known by its acronym UNDOF – began more than a half century...
