Meeting with LRA victims, UN and African envoys pledge continued support
A Congolese woman, displaced by LRA attacks, carries a bag of non-food items distributed by UNHCR in...
Commending UAE efforts against human trafficking, UN expert urges more to help victims
Special Rapporteur Joy Ngozi Ezeilo.
Karzai blames NATO intelligence failure for terror attacks in Afghanistan
A wave of fierce suicide attacks and fighting unleashed by heavily-armed Taliban in Kabul and three other Afghan...
UN chief renews call for immediate end to Sudan-South Sudan hostilities
Almost half of Sudan’s oil is pumped out of Heglig.
SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: A whiff of war
War damage: the South Kordofan town of Talodi has been the scene of recent fighting
UN expert hails Indian court decision to uphold right of every child to education
Kishore Singh, Special Rapporteur on the right to education.
Tel Aviv airport becomes no-go for pro-Palestinian demonstrators
Israel has stopped a group of fly-in demonstrators at Tel Aviv airport.
UN envoy speaks out against reported child soldier recruitment in northern Mali
Special Representative Radhika Coomaraswamy.
Malawi's New President Faces Obstacles to Improving Women’s Rights
Malawi’s new president originally rose to prominence as a women’s rights advocate. But Shereen Essof, a regional coordinator for feminist group Just Associates in Southern Africa, says President Joyce Banda may not be able to continue the battle for...
UN independent experts call on Honduras to adopt measures to stop killing of lawyers
Two United Nations independent experts today called on the Government of Honduras to adopt concrete measures to stop the killing of lawyers in the country, stressing that they should be able to carry out their functions without risking their lives.
