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Category: International
Colombia: Children still ‘used and abused’ despite hist...
Despite a steady decrease in grave violations against children in Colombia since the signing of the 2016 Peace Agreement between t...
Conviction of top Syrian intelligence official ‘a landm...
UN human rights officials have welcomed the “historic” conviction on Thursday by a German court of a former senior Syrian intellig...
Africa’s fourth COVID wave flattens out after six-week ...
After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the Omicron variant, is flattening, the Wor...
UN chief: ‘We are in a race against time to help the Af...
Describing a “nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan”, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned on Thursday tha...
COVID-19 pandemic stalls global economic recovery: UN r...
The UN’s key report on the global economy, released on Thursday, shows that the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has p...
Experts urge Iran to halt imminent execution of juvenil...
Iran must halt the looming execution of juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi, four experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council ...
UN releases $150 million for underfunded humanitarian c...
About $150 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the largest allocation ever, was released on Th...
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COV...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with c...
Tunisia: UN rights office calls for release of former j...
Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release - or properly charge - former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, and...
Eight Afghan students die in explosion outside school
The use of explosives that lie dormant, particularly in populated areas, is “a persistent and growing threat to children and their...
Europe: Omicron wave threatens to overwhelm health work...
With forecasts indicating more than 50 per cent of Europeans are likely to become infected with the Omicron variant in the next si...
Mali: Security Council warned over ‘endless cycle of in...
A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialized, the S...