New York, United States of America, June 8, 2019/ — An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, UNICEF said today in its first ever in-depth analysis of child grooms. Of these, 1 in 5 children, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15.
Northwood, United Kingdom, May 29, 2019/ — On 21 April, suspected pirates seized a fishing dhow off the coast of Somalia, holding 23 people hostage.
May 24, 2019//-It was close to midnight when the young man crawled into the desert.
Geneva, Switzerland, May 16, 2019/ — As days of rain, flood-waters and high winds from Cyclone Kenneth recede, the catastrophic destruction left behind is becoming clearer.
New York, United States of America, May 13, 2019/ — The United Nations Security Council’s decision to hold an informal meeting on Cameroon on May 13, 2019 gives momentum to international efforts to address the human rights crisis in the country’s Anglophone regions.
New York, United States of America, May 10, 2019/ — Hunger continues to rise as conflicts and protracted crises have worsened in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA), which is likely to affect food security for years to come, warned the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
‘The country has never had to deal with such massive displacement’ April 21, 2019//-Part 1 of a two-part series from Burkina Faso’s Centre-North region About this series As many note the defeat of so-called Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, militant violence is spreading like wildfire in lesser-known Burkina Faso, uprooting lives, killing hundreds, […]
April 12, 2019//- The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has called on the army and transitional government to ensure respect for human rights and the rule of law in Sudan.
Geneva, Switzerland, April 9, 2019//-UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is extremely worried over the alarming increase of attacks in the south-east of Niger, affecting locals and refugees in the region. In the month of March alone, some 88 civilians were reported dead in the escalation of violence.
April 5, 2019//-Shenilla Mohamed, Executive Director of Amnesty International South Africa, today called on authorities to end longstanding xenophobia impunity in the country.
