Cambodia Unveils Statue Honouring Tanzanian-Born Bomb-Sniffing Rat Magawa
At Mazimbu village, not far from Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Stephano Jaka still remembers the n...
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From Dialogue to Delivery: The Pacific’s Climate Mobility Moment
Rising seas, intensifying storms, saltwater intrusion and shifting coastlines are the lived realities of Pacific communi...
US Aims at Heavy Staff & Budgetary Cuts– & Seeks to Launch Cost-Saving Artificial Intelligence at UN meetings
The US has spelled out in detail its own concept of what a restructured United Nations should look like: after drastic r...
It Is Time For Africa to Fund Its Health Security
Relying on foreign aid is bad for Africa’s health and it must stop if the continent is to enjoy health security. This wa...
UN80: UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Mandate Review
UN Member States made progress toward the UN80 initiative by adopting a resolution that would implement a mandate review...
Escalating Violence and Influx of Returnees in DRC Fuel Regional Instability
In the month following the reopening of the Burundi-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border, the humanitarian crisis i...
War in Iran, Middle East Threatens Global Agrifood Systems
The current conflict in Iran and the Middle East region threatens to disrupt the global energy and agri-food sectors, as...
Caribbean Leaders and Civil Society Prepare for Global Push on Fossil Fuel Phase-Out
As the world edges closer to breaching key climate thresholds, Caribbean policymakers, scientists and civil society lead...
Sudanese Civil War Escalates as Drone Strikes Deepen Civilian Toll and Regional Risks
The past two weeks have marked a significantly violent escalation in the Sudanese Civil War, with drone strikes and arti...
International Tensions Spark New Nuclear Threat
When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the 62nd Munich Security Conference by declaring that the post-war rules-ba...
80 Percent of Rural Households Without Direct Water Access – World Water Report
A new United Nations report has warned that global water inequality remains one of the most pressing development challen...
Beyond Stereotypes: Reclaiming Muslim Histories during Ramadan
In public discourse today, Muslims often appear as subjects of debate rather than authors of their own histories. Discus...
Philippines: ICC Hearing Gives Survivors of Duterte’s Drug War Hope
Gito* had just arrived at his father’s house in Caloocan City in the Philippines on December 7, 2016, when three armed p...
Housing as Climate Resilience in Asia-Pacific Cities
Access to adequate housing is a foundation of resilient cities. Safe and affordable homes provide stability, allow resid...
UN Launches 300 Million Dollar Humanitarian Appeal for Lebanon
During a solidarity visit to Lebanon, the UN chief announced a flash appeal of USD 308.3 million to support humanitarian...
Syria’s Mobile Cultural Bus: Championing Cultural Justice, Delivering Art and Literature to Children of War
In the Al-Azraq camp in northern Syria, 10-year-old Abeer Al-Qaddour sits, browsing a colourful book with intense focus...
Why Does African Leadership Lack Coordination on Reparations?
Professor Jude Osakwe—a Nigerian scholar at the Namibian University of Science and Technology (NUST) and Continental Cha...
15 Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
On 11 March 2011, the powerful 9.0 magnitude Tōhoku earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a...