UN’s top court orders Israel to ‘prevent genocide’ in Gaza but fails to call for immediate ceasefire: In a landmark decision – and with the whole world watching – the International Court of Justice in The Hague has ordered Israel to “take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of acts of genocide” …
DRC violence has many causes – the UN’s narrow focus on ethnicity won’t help end conflict: Soldiers from South Sudan prepare to be deployed to help restore peace in the DRC. Samir Bol/AFP via Getty Images The UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2023 mid-term report reduces the very complex causes …
Worrying insights from UN’s first-ever assessment of water security in Africa: Franck Metois/ GettyImages When it comes to water security – a reliable, good supply of safe water – just 29 African countries have made some progress over the past three to five years. Twenty-five have made none. This data comes out of the UN’s …
Ukraine: the UN’s ‘responsibility to protect’ doctrine is a hollow promise for civilians under fire: Images of gaunt, exhausted faces of people fleeing bombardment and death once again dominate global news. From Mariupol to Irpin, Russian artillery attacks on Ukrainian civilians have kept them trapped in hell. Every day, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky pleads …
South Africa in the news: 20 Years after the UN’s Durban event, the antisemitism continues to grow: Durban had three frameworks — diplomatic, youth and NGOs. At the diplomatic conference, when the proposed text — singling out Israel with accusations of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and …: “South Africa” – BingNews Mbalula leads operation …
How the UN’s special rapporteur can make the right to development a reality: N'da Yao Messou is president of a cocoa farmers' association in Niable, eastern Ivory Coast. Women's right to development has a long way to go. Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon The UN Human Rights Council recently adopted a resolution creating the position of a Special …