UN marks anniversary of devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, leaving its capital Port-au-Prince devastated. About 220,000 people were reportedly killed, among them, 102 United...
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Yemen: ‘Political will, responsible leadership” needed, to end 7-year war
Seven years into the war in Yemen, UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg reaffirmed to the Security Council on Wednesday that no long-term solution can be...
Omicron fuels record weekly COVID-19 cases, but deaths ‘stable’
Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single...
Colombia: Children still ‘used and abused’ despite historic peace accord
Despite a steady decrease in grave violations against children in Colombia since the signing of the 2016 Peace Agreement between the Government and FARC rebels,...
Agencies suspend Tigray aid as ‘scores’ are killed due to airstrikes
Recent airstrikes on camps for internally displaced persons and refugees in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have reportedly killed scores of civilians, including children, and left many more injured. On Sunday,...
UN top envoy: Resurgence of coups d’état, consequence of being ‘completely out of step’
After a recent wave of attempts and coups d’état in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Guinea, The UN Special Representative for the region told the Security Council on Monday this resurgence, particularly in West...
Mali: Security Council warned over ‘endless cycle of instability’
A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialized, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country, El-Ghassim Wane, told the...
Rights experts condemn ‘unrelenting human rights violations’ at Guantanamo Bay
A group of independent human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council has condemned the continued operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility...
With scores of civilians dead, UN chief condemns “appalling” attacks in Nigeria
The Secretary-General, António Guterres, strongly condemned on Monday the “appalling” attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria’s Zamfara State in which scores of civilians were killed. According to news agencies, an estimated 200...
Preserve right of asylum, UN refugee agency urges EU Council presidencies
Although many EU countries remain committed to international human rights and refugee laws and principles, 2021 saw the continuation of violent pushbacks of asylum seekers...