Eurobarometer: Nine out of 10 Europeans want EU to keep giving humanitarian aid
Public support for the European Union's humanitarian aid has gone up in spite of the economic crisis. Nine out of 10 citizens (90%) believe it is important for the EU to continue funding humanitarian aid, a rise of two percentage points since the...
UN envoy urges restraint among all Burundian parties; heads to region for weekend summit on crisis
Children at the Mahama camp in Rwanda, where 26,300 refugees from Burundi are now living. UNICEF is...
37 Countries Start Process of Protecting Schools and Universities During Conflict
Thirty-seven countries on May 29, 2015, joined an international Safe Schools Declaration that commits them to protect education from attack. In situations of conflict, widespread attacks on schools and universities, their students and staff, as well...
Southeast Asia: Accounts from Rohingya Boat People
Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma and Bangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers in Burma, and abuse and neglect aboard ships, Human Rights Watch said on May 27. A regional meeting...
Gambia: Dozens Held Incommunicado, ‘Disappeared’
Gambian authorities have detained incommunicado, depriving them of all contact with the outside world, dozens of friends and relatives of people accused of involvement in a coup attempt since January 2015, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International...
Libya: Civilians Trapped in Benghazi
Downtown area of Benghazi, Libya where forces loyal to the...
Victory: Photo Hobbyist Prevails Over Junk-Patent Bully
Patent bully Garfum has abandoned its lawsuit against an online photo hobbyist, just one day after a federal judge set the date for a face-off in court against lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
Libya: UN condemns string of suicide attacks, urges continued political dialogue
Civilians walk along Tripoli Street in Misrata, Libya.
Statement on situation in Yemen by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake
Ireland: Marriage Equality Affirms Inclusion
LGBT rights flags hang in the windows of a building in central Dublin as Ireland holds a referendum on gay...
