New mass graves find in DRC prompts probe call
Seventeen new mass graves have been found in an area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that’s seen months of clashes between government soldiers and local militia, the UN said on Wednesday.
Seventeen new mass graves have been found in an area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that’s seen months of clashes between government soldiers and local militia, the UN said on Wednesday.
Huge advances have been made against many tropical diseases but growing urbanisation has created what UN health experts are calling a huge breeding ground for sickness.
An interactive timeline chronicling the accomplishments of women over the centuries has been nominated for a Webby, the leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet.
It’s time for the international community to come together to “more responsibly and humanely manage the movement of people”.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed deep alarm at a widespread pattern of rallies in Burundi where members of the ruling party’s youth wing chant about impregnating and killing their oppo
Disease, hunger and drought are forcing families in southern Somalia’s Bay region to leave their homes in search of help, the UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, has said.
In times of stress, people cling to their faith more than a child to their blanket, so faith-based organizations have a unique role to play in assisting refugees, a religious aid expert has said.
Warring parties in South Sudan are being urged by the most senior UN official in the country to show restraint in the face of an escalation in violence and to remember their responsibility towards protecting civilians from conflict.
A new campaign in Mexico City aims to combat a touchy subject: sexual harassment on public transportation.
A recent national survey found that nearly 90 per cent of women feel unsafe on buses and subways.
Extensive damage has occurred in the western part of the Iraqi city of Mosul, where a military operation is underway to free neighbourhoods from the terrorist group, ISIL.