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    IOM and UNICEF Renew Partnership to Protect, Include and Empower Climate-Displaced Children

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Baku, 12 November 2024 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have renewed their...

    IOM supports migrants to return home from conflict-stricken Lebanon

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Beirut – In coordination with the Embassy of Bangladesh in Lebanon and local authorities, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has...

    IOM Director General's Message for COP29

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message for COP29 mgoloy 11 Nov 2024 Speaker Type ...

    Vantage Point: The Presidential Election

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). November 11, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest Bill Fletcher, Author, Commentator, Veteran...

    Empowering stakeholders to respond to challenges related to unmanaged internal migration in Madagascar through...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). 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

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). 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

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Sherrilyn Ifill — It wasn’t the Electoral College. It wasn’t gerrymandering, or even voter suppression. America was undone this week by...

    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...

    Continue the Struggle, Keep the Faith and Hold the Line

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — By the time this column is read, there will be evidence of a winner of this presidential...

    The Yard Brings Together Alumni, Students And Supporters For Kamala Harris

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). 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...

    Harris Lost After Democrats “Abandoned Working Class People”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “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

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In 2002, the International Court of Justice issued a ruling on the border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. To facilitate the...

    The Haitians of Springfield, a Trump campaign target, brace for his presidency

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Many in the Ohio community are worried and praying after he won the election. By Danielle Paquette, Washington Post — This was the...

    Strikes in Gaza, Lebanon, as aid teams support ‘overwhelmed’ burns centre

    Beit Lahiya town in northern Gaza and Nuseirat refugee camp in the centre of the enclave were the focus of dawn strikes, local media...

    Sudan launches first malaria vaccine in landmark child health initiative

    On Monday, The Federal Ministry of Health, in partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine...

    IOM Intensifies Response to Cholera Outbreak in Renk Amid Risks to Displaced Populations

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Renk, 5 November 2024 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has intensified its response to a cholera outbreak that has...

    The clock is ticking for the government to do what is right for this...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — The state of Alabama destroyed their homes. Your federal tax dollars helped pay for it. We are checking back in...

    Black male votes matter! – By Rev. Irene Monroe

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Rev. Irene Monroe — The last time I saw a huge gathering of Black men was the Million Man March in...

    Why Trump is bad for Africa

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julius Ogunro, Vanguard — The US presidential election is only a few days away and polls show Vice President Kamala Harris...

    Women raped in war-hit Sudan die by suicide, activists say

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ian Wafula, BBC — Warning: This story contains details some may find distressing. Several women have taken their lives in Sudan’s central...

    To Vote or Not to Vote and for Who? And Will It Matter?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). November 4, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point An open forum with the Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels. Audience call in at (212) 209-2877....

    World Urban Forum: The search for solutions to the global housing crisis moves to...

    What is the World Urban Forum?The World Urban Forum (WUF), a major UN conference on sustainable urban development, was set up in 2001 to...

    Holding Trump accountable for a lifetime of anti-Black racism

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Holding Trump accountable for a lifetime of anti-Black racism. By Clarence Lusane, TomDispatch — Donald Trump was the worst president for Black people...

    Hunger and cholera crises escalate in South Sudan, as needs surge

    The UN World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have raised the alarm over worsening hunger, malnutrition, and...