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    UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban

    Echoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s warning late Monday that the development would likely have “devastating consequences” as UNRWA is the principal deliverer of aid...

    France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts

    The UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts criticised the decision by the French football and basketball federations to exclude players wearing the hijab from competitions, including...

    Vantage Point: Reflections on the Million Man March

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). October 28, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point An open forum with the Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor on the Soapbox. Audience...

    ‘Spiralling crisis’ in Haiti demands continued global attention: WFP

    Waanja Kaaria, WFP Representative and Country Director in Haiti, briefed journalists in New York alongside the agency’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean,...

    Upcoming Event: “The 2024 Presidential Election: Progress or Disaster?”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » Upcoming Event: “The 2024 Presidential Election: Progress or...

    Rights expert calls for ending discriminatory policies and practices in sport

    “States must take positive actions to eradicate discrimination based on gender, ethnic identity, legal status, age or any other factor, including indirect, intersectional and...

    World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve...

    The World Food Programme (WFP) has increased its humanitarian response in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged areas, particularly in Darfur, where the risk of widespread famine looms.Since...

    ‘Lebanon risks falling off a humanitarian cliff’: UN relief coordinator

    Speaking at the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty held in Paris, Imran Riza expressed grave concerns for civilians. “As hostilities persist,...

    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...

    Number of women killed in war doubled in 2023: UN report

    The findings come in the Secretary-General’s latest annual report on women, peace, and security.The rise in death and violence is “taking place against a...

    Ukraine: Population drops by 10 million since Russia invaded in 2014, UNFPA reports

    Since Russia’s invasion in 2014, the ongoing war has worsened these trends, with millions displaced and thousands killed, said Florence Bauer, UNFPA regional director for...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    Indigenous Communities Continue to Lead in Some of Our Most Crucial Environmental Fights

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — Contamination from lead, arsenic, and the other toxins in Tar Creek in northeastern Oklahoma stole the potential of many children...

    World News in Brief: UNAMA concern over migrant deaths, ‘war tactics’ in the West...

    The alleged attack occurred on 14 to 15 October in the Kala Gan border area of Iran’s Sistan Province near the Iran-Pakistan border. The organisation...

    Palestine: International law obliges Israel to end occupation, says rights panel

    It details the obligations for Israel, third-party States and the UN to bring to an end the unlawful occupation, according to the UN Independent...

    World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women...

    “Never in modern history have so many people faced starvation and famine as in Sudan today,” the UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said.Zamzam camp...