Vantage Point: The Presidential Election
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November 11, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest Bill Fletcher, Author, Commentator, Veteran...
Children face unprecedented crisis amid rising violence in Haiti
Virginia Gamba, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, highlighted the impact on children of the extreme levels of brutality...
World News in Brief: Sudan aid latest, toxic air in Pakistan, Ukraine and Syria...
The trucks are carrying food and nutrition supplies for about 12,500 people in the striken camp, and the agency said it was determined to...
WHO ‘working tirelessly’ to help save lives as Middle East crisis grinds on
Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, was speaking during a press briefing on emergencies in the occupied Palestinian territory and...
Lebanon: food insecurity ‘set to worsen’ amid deadly strikes
The update from UN agencies also reported that Israeli strikes have left more than 3,100 people dead and over 13,800 injured since October last year.Turning...
COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’
“Let’s dispense with any idea that climate finance is charity;” runaway climate change is impacting “every single individual in the world one way or...
Empowering stakeholders to respond to challenges related to unmanaged internal migration in Madagascar through...
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As part of the project funded by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) and implemented by the International...
IOM Chief: Urgent Global Unified Climate Strategic Solutions Needed to Help People Stay
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Geneva, 11 November – As world leaders gather at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29), the International...
Why Are We Here? A Dispatch from the Nadir
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By Sherrilyn Ifill —
It wasn’t the Electoral College. It wasn’t gerrymandering, or even voter suppression. America was undone this week by...
World’s largest urban development forum concludes with Cairo Call to Action
Ahead of the closing ceremony, UN-Habitat Executive Director, Anaclaudia Rossbach, emphasised the Forum’s timely emphasis on local action.“Over half of the world’s population now...
World News in Brief: Haiti latest, plastic tide in Samoa, Bakery boost in Ukraine,...
More than 700,000 people are displaced in the country – over half of whom are children – with recent violence in the capital Port-au-Prince...
‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza
The warning comes in an alert issued by the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC), which underscored that the humanitarian situation in...
Nicaragua: Alarming erosion of freedom and academic autonomy
In a new report released on Friday, the three-person group of experts – who are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council – found...
Time to dismantle legacies of slavery and colonialism impacting African diaspora
Philémon Yang was speaking at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters to mark the closure of the International Decade for People of African Descent...
Gaza: Possible atrocity crimes unfold, new UN report warns
The report details the horrific reality faced by both the people of Israel and Gaza since 7 October 2023, with the UN High Commissioner...
Continue the Struggle, Keep the Faith and Hold the Line
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
By the time this column is read, there will be evidence of a winner of this presidential...
Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’
Nineteen months since conflict erupted between rival militaries the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the transfer of power to...
Middle East crisis: Latest updates for 8 November
The UN human rights office released a scathing report on the ongoing war in Gaza as deadly Israeli military operations continue to pound the...
The Yard Brings Together Alumni, Students And Supporters For Kamala Harris
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The Yard—Howard’s cultural center—hosts Harris and a community united by legacy, leadership and resilience.
By Rachel Bunch, Essence —
The Yard, the heart...
Unhealthy eating drives $8 trillion in annual hidden costs
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report confirmed that hidden costs of getting food from farm to table amount to approximately $12 trillion...
Harris Lost After Democrats “Abandoned Working Class People”
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“The American people are angry and want change. And they’re right,” Sanders said.
By Sharon Zhang , Truthout —
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)...
Assessment of the Needs of Populations Affected by the Demarcation of the Cameroon-Nigeria Border
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In 2002, the International Court of Justice issued a ruling on the border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. To facilitate the...
Suffering continues for civilians in Gaza and Lebanon
Aid workers are being forced to work in unsafe conditions, as insecurity and restrictions by Israeli forces prevent them from reaching people in need,...
