UN probe says there is evidence Israel committed crimes against humanity in responding to last year’s protests in Gaza
Migrants and refugees also face gross discrimination from the communities they settle in
Although the dearth of global funding could be viewed as a tragedy, it represents a tremendous opportunity
She locked officials in a boardroom for five hours when some employees didn’t attend a meeting
According to Unicef, the births of about 230-million children under the age of five have never been registered
In 2018, the area of opium poppy cultivation in the country dropped by 10% to 37 300 hectares from the previous year
In a sign of hope following years of conflict, rebels and the Central African Republic government made a peace deal
Zimbabwe’s president has wiped out any potential revolution before it can even begin
The crackdown has underlined fears of a return to the violent repression of Robert Mugabe, who was ousted from power by the military 14 months ago
A third of United Nations employees have reported experiencing sexual harassment at the world body over the last two years
The few who survive the disasters of our own making will not escape the day of reckoning
A look at key data shows that the world is much better off today than ever before in history
The order comes days after the official raised concerns at the action of Somalia’s UN-backed security services in recent violence
Presidential, legislative and provincial elections had been scheduled for Sunday but on Thursday the election commission ordered the postponement
Graça Machel is the example of someone reaching out to other women and lifting them up
Reducing the carbon footprint of farming will take more than some individual action
The two-week talks are tasked with breathing life into the 2015 Paris Agreement, which vows to cap global warming at ‘well under’ two degrees Celsius
The United States and at least 16 other countries either opted out or expressed concerns, with some claiming the pact infringes national sovereignty
A new report by Amnesty International has urged governments around the world to prioritise making resources available for the empowerment of women
The 70th anniversary of the declaration is a critical time to reaffirm its importance and guarantee its continued relevance
Women have to unite in a country and parts of the world where the ultimate subjugation is death
New calculations by the UN’s top science panel sharply reduce the real-world potential for drawing CO2 out of the air
The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency’s annual flagship report, tracks the content of dangerous gases in the atmosphere
‘In many areas, urban space is, by default, male space’
The mountain gorilla has been moved from the ‘critically endangered’ category to ‘endangered’
Today more journalists are murdered because of their reporting than die in war zones
President Donald Trump’s administration re-imposed sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal
They are more vulnerable than adults and the effect for their wellbeing is life-long
The death toll from South Sudan’s civil war is nearly eight times higher than previously thought
The United Nations said a day earlier it aimed to relaunch the talks within a month, after a previous attempt collapsed in September
Political tensions are rising in the DRC before the long-delayed December 23 election to select a successor to President Joseph Kabila
The NMU has launched a meticulously researched diploma that addresses the many critical issues of technical training