Torture, rape “have become the norm” in South Sudan
Torture, rape, unlawful killings, arrests and detentions “have become the norm” in South Sudan, as the human rights situation continues to deteriorate.
Torture, rape, unlawful killings, arrests and detentions “have become the norm” in South Sudan, as the human rights situation continues to deteriorate.
Accessing health care is a challenge for most people in Syria, where six years of conflict have left more than half of all public hospitals and primary health centres closed or only partially functioning.
Making a documentary about the conflict in Mali was inherently risky, but those risks “were nothing” compared to those facing the people of Mali since 2012, a filmmaker has said.
Better data and funding will be critical in the global fight to stamp out human trafficking, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Activists, celebrities and governments are joining the UN to combat what they describe as the “great robbery” of pay inequality
Drought is a bigger, more “insidious” problem for vulnerable farmers in Jamaica and the Caribbean than the more headline-grabbing disasters such as hurricanes.
When it comes to the whole “action agenda” on sustainable development, “reality is catching up” with governments which fail to think long-term.
That’s according to a senior UN Development Programme (UNDP) official for Latin America and the Caribbean, Matilde Mordt.
The private sector has a key role in reducing disaster risk as part of a “collective” process involving all parts of society.
Hunger-related illnesses have killed 47 children over the past two months at a government-run hospital in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
Gender inequality in the workplace could cost the world an estimated US$12 trillion in global growth over the next decade, according to a 2015 study.