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Two top United Nations humanitarian officials on Tuesday called on the Security Council to use its influence to secure a cessation of hostilities to prevent the famine from spreading. With famine declared last week in ...
Several sites in South Africa associated with the country’s long and bloody anti-apartheid struggle have recently been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The system of institutionalized ...
ICRC as one of the supporters of human rights provides and advocates for innovative and sustainable solutions to address the humanitarian consequences of armed violence, migration and other emergencies in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, ...
The media plays a vital role in building an informed society and citizens around the world. However, in Africa, journalists play an even more critical role, that of deepening and institutionalizing democracy. Narratives contribute to ...
Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African country, is already suffering from recurring droughts and military coups, leading to a serious humanitarian crisis in the region. Climate change is one of the increasingly influential factors negatively ...
The political, economic and social situation in Sudan remains fragile, exasperated by localized violence in certain parts of the country, associated with climatic hazards and epidemics. Over the past year, with 19 million school-aged children ...
“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 ...
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