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‘Trauma that echoes across generations’: UN highlights weaponisation of sexual violence

The mandate was established through Security Council resolution 1888 (2009) which called for appointing a Special Representative to lead UN efforts to address rape...

Experts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death

That’s according to a group of independent UN human rights experts who said in a statement released on Wednesday they are urgently seeking confirmation...

Civilians and peacekeepers at risk, amid escalating Lebanon conflict

Intensified Israeli airstrikes on 23 September forced nearly 120,000 people to flee their homes within a week, according to UNHCR.As of 20 October, that...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: UN to brief ambassadors on Haiti crisis

The UN Security Council is due to be briefed at the top of the hour on the overlapping crises which have beset Haiti in...

WFP delivers life-saving aid to one million people in Burkina Faso

The agency has provided assistance to more than one million crises affected people so far this year through crucial funding from the United States.The...

UN renews call to protect civilians, as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key...

The strike, which hit the densely populated Jnah neighbourhood, also injured 60 people and reportedly damaged the Rafik Hariri University Hospital. At least three...

‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says

UNRWA staff report that they cannot find food, water or medical care, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X. ‘Just waiting to die’“The smell of death is...

The State of the Presidential Race

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). October 21, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...

Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years

“Without lifting economic restrictions, enabling recovery, and investing in development, the Palestinian economy may not be able to restore pre-war levels and advance forward...

It’s Not Just the Fascism

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). This column is particularly for those people who live in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona...

IOM Director General's Message on International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2024

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2024 mgoloy 15 Oct 2024 Speaker Type ...

Haitians of Springfield, Ohio – just another footnote in this country’s long history of...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Littane Ilfrard traces the deep and complex history of immigration to highlight why today’s Haitian immigrants in the U.S. deserve better. By...

Daily death and destruction continues in Ukraine, Security Council hears

Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča, whose portfolio straddles both Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, voiced concern over attacks on energy infrastructure as winter approaches.Drones, death and...

The promise and peril of runaway technological advances

Setting the stage for the discussions, Robin Geiss, Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), highlighted the blistering pace of scientific developments...

‘Hundreds displaced overnight’ as airstrikes destroy humanitarian facilities in Lebanon

“Late last night, hundreds of people were reportedly displaced in Beirut and across the country following Israeli displacement orders identifying a social finance network...

In Ethiopia, UN chief advocates for permanent Security Council seats for Africa

In a speech delivered during the inauguration of the renovated Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, Secretary-General António Guterres celebrated the building’s historic and symbolic importance...

The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake

Considered the world’s most important event to conserve biodiversity, the summit is taking place in Cali, the third largest city of the South American...

UN rights office raises alarm over relentless Israeli attacks in north Gaza

Life has become “impossible” for civilians trapped in the north amid repeated orders to move and severely limited access to essential humanitarian supplies, leaving...

A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia

The UN chief’s call came in a video message to the opening ceremony of the gathering, which officially begins on Monday 21 October in...

Israeli army ‘deliberately demolished’ watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon

A press statement issued by the Mission, formally known as the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, said Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) “deliberately demolished” the...

Radical Solidarity in Life, Love and Struggle

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Although clearly the Million Man March was the central event on October 16, 1995, it is important...

Double Down on Black Voters

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteDr. Ron Daniels, President, IBW-ACTION I recently penned a piece entitled, Democracy in Danger: Black Led Rainbow Wave to the...

Chicago Inspector General asks state regulators to ban some CPD officers from law enforcement

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmnpdR6nouY Source: ABC 7 Chicago As the I-Team reported, at least a dozen CPD officers have been linked to the Proud Boys, Oath...

Confronting Colorism and Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Lina Cardona, ABFE’s Membership Operations Manager — As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on the...