International
The UN working group will meet in June to consider reports on the universal periodic review (40th session). The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process that involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. The UPR is a significant innovation of the Human Rights Council which […]
After the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libyan territory has become one of the preferred routes for tens of thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Arab countries and South Asia seeking to reach Europe by the Italian coasts. More than 70 migrants of different African and Asian nationalities who were trying to reach Europe […]
In the Sahel the combination of violence, insecurity, deep poverty and record food prices are exacerbating malnutrition and pushing millions of people to the limit of survival, according to Martin Griffiths, head of humanitarian affairs for the UN. Nearly 18 million people in the Sahel region of Africa will face severe food insecurity over the […]
Me Max Loalngar, coordinator of the civil society opposition platform Wakit Tamma appreciates the support of the Chadian people who are now becoming more aware and participating in the fight for the independence of the country. Several hundred people demonstrated on Saturday May 14 in N’Djamena, capital of Chad, against the presence of France in […]
Undernutrition is a violation of the human right to food and continues to generate social and health inequalities. Five UN agencies have launched a coalition calling for action to provide healthy and affordable diets for all from sustainable food systems. According to United Nations estimates, unhealthy diets are the cause of 11 million deaths every […]
The agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front for a ceasefire in the war-torn Northern region has opened a window of hope to help the people who have been deprived of their most basic human rights since the beginning of the war. The most important issue in this agreement is to […]
According to António Guterres, the war in Ukraine is aggravating the food, financial and energy crises in Africa. This is driving up global food and fuel prices and pushing more people to the brink of starvation in parts of Africa. UN Secretary General António Guterres has started an African tour of Senegal, Niger and Nigeria. […]
According to UN reports, in recent months dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been burned down in several episodes of violence in Darfur. Sudanese authorities have announced that more than 213 people have been killed and 13 injured in four days of violence in Darfur. the UN has condemned the […]
Most people in Niger who were only connected to the national electricity grid for a few hours a day, if at all, rely on backup generators. Gasoline generators which was not only expensive but also dirty and noisy. There are an estimated 60 million diesel and gasoline generators in the country and 120 million Nigerians […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that vaccinating people who have already been infected provides better protection than that offered by infection-induced immunity alone. More than two-thirds of Africans have been infected since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO). A figure 97 times higher than […]
