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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) is an autonomous treaty body of the African Union, and formed by Commissioners under Article 31 of the African Charter, elected by the Assembly of Heads ...
On World Day this year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched a campaign titled “Victims’ Voices Leads the Way” to highlight untold stories of victims and their role in the fight ...
People of African descent twice as likely to die from Covid-19, according to the UN. “People of African descent suffer unacceptable violence, including from the police. They rely on often inadequate basic infrastructure services; disproportionately ...
In a study titled « Building Forward Fairer: Women’s rights to work and at work at the core of the COVID-19 recovery » the International Labor Organization (ILO) warned that the losses suffered by women in jobs ...
The United Nations and its partners hope to provide humanitarian assistance to 160 million people this year, according to UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. The United Nations and its partners hope to provide humanitarian assistance ...
After a decline that began in 2005, the number of people affected by hunger in the world has been slowly increasing since 2014, a situation which has become even more complex due to the lasting ...
10 years after South Sudan’s independence, more children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. The country’s infant mortality rate is among the highest in the world, with 1 in 10 children. A record 4.5 million children ...
During this forum, organized from July 6 to 15 by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), 44 countries will present the measures they are taking to advance the sustainable development goals. ...
According to the UN and the World Food Program (WFP), 5.2 million Ethiopians, or 91% of the population of Tigray, are in need of emergency food assistance. Five days after the capture of the regional ...
Inter-communal violence and repeated attacks over the past six months by groups such as the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), have claimed many civilian lives. ...
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