UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) caused by the ongoing Rwanda-backed M23 offe ...
The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has expressed its “absolute rejection” of any practice aimed at the forced displacement or arbitrary expulsion of Palestinians, or ...
Human rights group, Amnesty International, has criticised the US for imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) describing at action as “reckless”, “vindictive”, “brutal” ...
Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and can suffer lifelong physical, emotional and psychologica ...
The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service ...
As the world marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female genital Mutilationon Thursday, the United Nations is warning that without urgent action, a staggering 27 million more girls could ...
South Africa\'s minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, on Friday extended his congratulations to South African composer Wouter Kellerman who was honoured at the 67th Grammy Awards ...
Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday in a briefing to journalists in New York ...