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    Selma, The Significance of the Blood on the Bridge

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). February 17, 2025 Back History Month Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guest Atty. Faya...

    IOM launches Islamic Philanthropy Fund to Aid Displaced Communities

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Riyadh, 25 February 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today launched its Islamic Philanthropy Fund, a new initiative that...

    Justice for Marcus Garvey: The Way Forward

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Date and time Wednesday, February 26 · 6 – 8pm EST Location Howard University School of Law2900 Van Ness Street Northwest Damon J. Keith...

    America has a history of taking over Black towns — By David Love

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The attempted state takeover of a Mason, Tenn. town is a reminder that America has a long history of taking over...

    Report back from Grenada with special guest Paulann Paterson

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). February 24, 2025Back History Month Edition of Vantage Point On this February 24, 2025 Back History Month Edition of Vantage Point, The...

    IOM Urges Long-Term Funding and Partnerships to Tackle Global Displacement at Riyadh Forum

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Riyadh, 24 February 2025 – International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope underscored at the 4th Riyadh International Humanitarian...

    UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best

    Ukrainians continue to face near daily attacks, with air strikes consistently targeting civilian infrastructure, leaving families without homes, security and electricity. More than 10...

    Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid

    Since the ceasefire on 19 January, some 138,000 Palestinians have benefited from cash assistance, including people with disabilities and pregnant and breastfeeding women.The UN...

    Urgent appeal launched as DR Congo crisis fuels mass displacement to Burundi

    As fighting escalates in eastern DRC, more than 40,000 Congolese refugees – primarily women and children – have crossed into Burundi since February, with...

    Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator

    Briefing from Ukrainian capital Kyiv after another night of “air sirens and more loud explosions”, Mr. Schmale noted that the crisis began in 2014,...

    IOM Aims to Aid Two Million People in Ukraine in 2025 as War and...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kyiv/Geneva, 21 February 2025 – As the full-scale war in Ukraine approaches its fourth year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)...

    Post-war order facing ‘greatest test since its creation’: UN relief chief

    Tom Fletcher was addressing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) which was set up by the UN General Assembly in the early 1990s as a...

    IOM-FMM Capacity Building with SMEs on Fair and Ethical Recruitment and Employment of Migrant...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Selangor, Malaysia- IOM Malaysia in collaboration with the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has kicked off the capacity building sessions on...

    From suits to social justice: World’s top human rights forum turns stage over

    Trading suits, ties and debates for DJ turntables, bright traditional Indigenous garb and ancient instruments, three performers – an anthropologist, an R&B singer and...

    IOM Chief and UN Humanitarian Coordinator Visit Gaza

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Amman, 20 February 2025 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied...

    DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency

    UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the beginning of February, as Rwanda-backed M23...

    What is social justice and how is the UN helping make it a reality?

    The United Nations supports the principle in multiple ways, from addressing economic inequality to access to education, healthcare, and the protection of human rights,...

    Civilians at breaking point in eastern DR Congo warns top aid official, in call...

    “The rapid and uninterrupted expansion of the conflict, particularly in South Kivu province, continues to inflict a heavy toll on the civilian population,” said...

    Launch of the Initiative to Raise 10 Million Euros to Create 350,000 Businesses for...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Douala, February 20, 2025 –  The United Nations Migration Agency - International Organization for Migration (IOM), in partnership with the Ministry of Youth...

    World News in Brief: $53.2 billion needed for Palestinian recovery, UN condemns UNRWA schools...

    “Palestinians will need joint action to address the immense recovery and reconstruction challenges ahead. A sustainable recovery process must restore hope, dignity, and livelihoods...

    UN rights office warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ as abuses surge in Sudan

    In a new report, UN investigators detailed multiple attacks on civilians, healthcare facilities, markets, and schools, as well as ethnically motivated summary executions.“The continued...

    DR Congo crisis: WFP condemns looting in Bukavu after M23 rebels move in

    In an online message on Monday, the WFP said that it “condemns the pillage of its warehouses in Bukavu in South Kivu…the food supplies...

    UN chief welcomes continued Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

    A note to media correspondents was released by the UN on Sunday, a day after the release of three Israeli hostages from Gaza, in...

    Syria: Thousands of displaced head home, but many refugees still wary

    The development comes as a recent survey of Syrian refugees in the region reveals that some 75 per cent of respondents have no plans...