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“The Sudanese war has been brutal in terms of human rights violations, gender-based and sexual violence, and people really have nowhere to go. We are facing all kinds of problems, and the tools we have ...
Currently, 10.3% of women globally live in extreme poverty, and are poorer than men. Progress towards eradicating poverty must be 26 times faster to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Gender equality is fundamental ...
High food prices, limited healthcare access, and inadequate diets have mainly led to acute malnutrition in children under 5, adolescents, and pregnant women. In parts of northern Nigeria, the prevalence of acute malnutrition in women ...
As the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel has emphasized States in the Sahel region – along with the international community – must take urgent, coordinated and comprehensive action to dismantle ...
After thirteen months of war in Sudan, half of the population of this northeast African country needs humanitarian aid, or 25 million people. The fighting in Sudan has had a terrible impact on millions of ...
South Africa alleges Israel’s actions are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of Palestinians in Gaza. These genocidal acts include killing Palestinians, causing serious mental ...
The group known as GSIM killed at least 32 people, including three children, in attacks on January 27 in the villages of Ogota and Ouémbé. An extremist group linked to Al-Qaeda carried out massacres in ...
A clear example of human rights violations described in Pramila Patten’s report is related to the border area between Sudan and South Sudan, where women and girls have been targeted for rape, gang rape and ...
Since 2012, Mali has been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as well as self-proclaimed self-defense forces and bandits. Suspected jihadist militants are holding more than 110 civilians kidnapped ...
Education is crucial to national growth and development, and as Cristian Munduate, the Representative of UNICEF in Nigeria, emphasized, schools should be sanctuaries of learning and growth, not sites of fear and violence. Nigeria, with ...
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