Haitians Face Deepening Crisis as Siege in Port-au-Prince Stretches on
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Geneva/ Port-au-Prince, 4 April – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is sounding the alarm on the worsening humanitarian situation, and...
Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark
The move will allow for further evaluation of the security issues that impact both personnel on the ground and the people they are trying...
‘Shocking’ increase in children denied aid in conflicts
Painting a grim landscape of the world’s war zones, Virginia Gamba, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, briefed ambassadors, citing grave...
IOM Director General's Address to the National Press Club of Australia
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IOM Director General's Address to the National Press Club of Australia
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Millions of dollars needed to make Gaza safe from unexploded bombs
Charles Birch, known as Mungo, was working with his team in Gaza long before the 7 October conflict, clearing unexploded munitions from the occupied...
UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar
The expansion of fighting throughout the country has deprived communities of basic needs and access to essential services and has had a devastating impact...
Afghan Family Reunification
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Two and a half years ago, the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan separated countless Afghan families. Amid a rapid and...
Temporary channel opens as authorities strive to clear Key Bridge wreckage
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By Megan Sayles, AFRO —
It is still unclear when the rubble of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container...
Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to appear before Oklahoma Supreme Court as historic...
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On April 2, State’s High Court to consider whether the survivors, both 109, can continue their fight for justice.
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Unravelling the legacies of slavery
“You’re speaking about the greatest crime against humanity ever committed,” said renowned historian Sir Hilary Beckles, who also chairs the Caribbean Community’s Reparations Commission,...
World News in Brief: Haiti support continues, deadly Afghan mine blasts, autism awareness day
On Saturday alone, the World Food Programme (WFP) provide more than 28,000 meals to people who have been forced to flee their homes.Despite the widespread insecurity, WFP...
An Easter Monday Prayer to Resurrect Haiti — Dr. Ron Daniels
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Easter Monday, April 1, 2024 — An urgent call for friends of Haiti to pray for a resolution for the horrific...
From Desperation to Determination: Indonesian Trafficking Survivors Demand Justice
Rokaya needed time to recover after illness forced her to quit as a live-in maid in Malaysia and return home to Indramayu, West Java....
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Alejita Rodriguez
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USCRI sat down with Alejita Rodriguez, Director of USCRI’s shelter Rinconcito del Sol (a little corner of sunshine) this...
Haiti on Fire, Part II: A Message for Barbeque: Be Like Malcolm
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Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Haiti is on fire now in large part because of the terrorism being...
Ancient African insights and modern meanings
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
The earliest discourse on resurrection from the dead, judgment after death and reward of eternal life for...
The Problem with Baltimore
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By Anthony Smooth, AAIHS —
In 2015, Harvard economists Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren did a study on how the socioeconomic conditions of the...
The men who fell from that bridge are the people who build our nation
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You can’t pray for the workers in Baltimore and also be against their dream to come to America.
By Petula Dvorak, The...
The toll of Haiti’s escalating armed violence by the numbers
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By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald —
Heavily armed members of Haiti’s armed group continue to wreak havoc in the country’s capital. As...
New $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugees
Since the start of the conflict in South Sudan over 10 years ago, growing humanitarian needs compounded by dire food shortages, continued insecurity, and...
Health system ‘barely surviving’, as OCHA calls on Gaza aid restrictions to end
In a social media post, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that only 10 out of 36 hospitals are now partially functioning in the enclave.
Al-Amal hospital...
Is Black political power important to Democrats?
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By Dayvon Love, Afro News —
People who are familiar with the work of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) are used...
The dark turn in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ saga
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Following the federal raids on the residences of rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in Miami and New York, the hip-hop community...
Reparation mechanisms and a development framework
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By Sir Hilary McD. Beckles —
It took all of the nineteenth century, beginning with the Haitian Declaration of Independence in 1804...
