Kenya: Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County
Following four successive failed rainy seasons, Kenya is amid the worst drought in 40 years, the UN’s women’s health agency, UNFPA, said on Dec....
Nearly 3,000 civilians killed or injured in Saudi strikes on Yemen’s Sa’ada in 2022: Official
A Yemeni health official says nearly 3,000 civilians, including African refugees, lost their lives or sustained injuries in 2022 as a result of artillery...
Charity warns of homeless deaths in Scotland amid worsening cost-of-living crisis
A Scottish charity has raised the alarm about the potential of a notable rise in the death rate among the homeless in Scotland as the...
UN expert on Myanmar: Security Council resolution not strong enough on ‘systematic gross human rights violations’
In response to the adoption of the Security Council’s first resolution on Myanmar since the military unleashed a brutal crackdown nearly two years ago,...
Upheaval, conflict and confusion on the world stage
The global stage went through upheavals in 2022 that included war, redrawn geopolitical alliances, and an ongoing fall of White world rule. Observers said...
Blackouts in South Africa and recent summit designed to destabilize continent, says analyst
During a wide-ranging interview with Africa Watch, Redge Nkosi, the Pretoria-based founder and executive director of First Source Money and Public Banking of South...
Iran: U.S. sanctions violating human rights of all living there, say UN experts
U.S. sanctions on Iran are resulting in harm to the country’s environment and preventing everyone there—including migrants and Afghan refugees—from fully enjoying their rights...
Brotherhood has a home in the Caribbean
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez invoked more solidarity, more understanding, more...
Dutch leader apologizes for Netherlands’ role in slave trade
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte recently apologized on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ role in slavery and the slave trade,...
Peru Congress opens door to early elections amid unrest
LIMA, Peru—Peru’s Congress tentatively endorsed a plan on Dec. 20 to hold early elections in an attempt to defuse a national political crisis marked...