The United Nations and partners on Thursday appealed for a record $51.5 billion in aid money for 2023, with tens of millions of additional people expected to need assistance, testing the humanitarian response system “to its limits.”The appeal represent…
A new European Union proposal for an international tribunal to try Russian aggression in Ukraine has received mixed reviews — prompting a thumbs up from Kyiv and rights advocates but doubts from experts about its feasibility and whether it will receive…
On 1 December, World AIDS Day 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on global leaders and citizens to boldly recognize and address the inequalities that are holding back progress in attaining the global goal to end AIDS by 2030.WHO is jo…
CAMEROONESCALATING INSECRITY DISPLACES OVER 19,300 PEOPLE IN THE FAR NORTHSeveral attacks by non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in November in the Mayo-Tsanaga and Logone et Chari divisions, in the far north, led to the displacement of over 19,300 people. …
South Africa’s free press has been largely successful at resisting efforts by the Chinese government to influence its content, say analysts, affirming a recent study by the U.S.-based think tank Freedom House.“In South Africa, we have a deep historical…
About one billion people globally live with disabilities — around 80 percent of them in developing countries.In Sub-Saharan Africa, disability data recently collected through regular household surveys in Botswana, Gabon, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierr…
The annual UN forum on Internet governance is under way this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, aiming to deliver bold solutions for an open, free, inclusive and secure digital future for all, in particular for the 2.7 billion people with no Internet acces…
From the evacuation of Ukrainian journalists in occupied cities to legal support for independent reporters from Russia, a community of organizations is working to keep media safe.In Ukraine, the February 24 invasion led to an unprecedented level of req…