Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new r ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight – describing them as “ ...

The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday ...

More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support ...

At the opening of the 2025 African Regional Review  of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) in Cotonou, Benin, on Wednesday, Mactar Seck of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ha ...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) -At the opening of the 2025 African Regional Review  of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) in Cotonou on Wednesday, the President of Benin\'s National Assembly ...

The Libyan Ministry of Defence announced on Wednesday the start of a ceasefire in all areas of tension in the capital, Tripoli, as part of its commitment to protect civilians, preserve State instituti ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to renew the arms embargo on South Sudan, enforce it and protect civilian lives ...

Amnesty International has urged the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) to immediately open “thorough, independent, impartial, and transparent investigations” into the crimes committed by ...

Nelson Mandela’s great-grandson, Mayibuye Mandela, has called on South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs to strip the 49 Afrikaners who received US refugee status this week of their SA ...

Women’s organisations operating in crisis settings are being pushed to the brink by widespread funding cuts ...

The future of peacekeeping took centre stage on Tuesday in Berlin as UN chief António Guterres urged Member States to do more to support the global body’s \'blue helmets\' and stave off the worst impa ...