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UN expert sounds alarm over ‘contemporary forms of slavery’ in Canada
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UN expert sounds alarm over ‘contemporary forms of slavery’ in Canada

Tomoya Obokata, the Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on the global scourge of modern slavery issued his statement at the end of a 14-day visit.He called on the Canadian Government to intensify…

7 September 2023 · 3 min read

‘Not the time to forget’ Central African Republic
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‘Not the time to forget’ Central African Republic

Attacks by armed groups against security forces in the Central African Republic (CAR), combined with increased food and fuel prices and an influx of refugees from Sudan, have aggravated an…

7 September 2023 · 1 min read

UNICEF urges support for children, as wildfires rage across Greece
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UNICEF urges support for children, as wildfires rage across Greece

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday called for urgent assistance for children caught up in wildfires in Greece, considered to be the worst Europe has seen since the turn…

6 September 2023 · 1 min read

Accountability key to Sri Lanka’s future: UN rights chief
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Accountability key to Sri Lanka’s future: UN rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, stressed the urgency of addressing these challenges if the country is to move forward, recalling the 2022 anti-Government protests demanding a fairer…

6 September 2023 · 4 min read

200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies
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200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition by the end…

6 September 2023 · 1 min read

People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square
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People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square

It details how systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion, rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism, continue to have a negative effect on all aspects of life.UN High Commissioner for…

6 September 2023 · 4 min read

Urgent call for billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict
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Urgent call for $1 billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organisations on Monday appealed for $1 billion to provide essential aid and protection to more than 1.8 million…

6 September 2023 · 3 min read

UN provides funding boost for ‘neglected’ humanitarian crises
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UN provides funding boost for ‘neglected’ humanitarian crises

UN provides funding boost with $125 million to support 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.

6 September 2023 · 2 min read

Record numbers risking lives to cross dangerous Darien Gap
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Record numbers risking lives to cross dangerous Darien Gap

So far this year, more than 330,000 people have crossed the Darien Gap on their journey towards North America risking their lives and facing horrific human rights abuses

6 September 2023 · 3 min read