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UNESCO names 18 new Global Geoparks
Brazil: Caçapava Geopark Caçapava UNESCO Global Geopark in Brazil. For the Guarani, an indigenous people in Brazil, this geopark is “the place where the jungle ends”, located in Rio Grande...
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Alarming rise in executions worldwide in 2022
883 people worldwide were executed last year - the highest level since 2017. This is stated in a report by the non-governmental organization "Amnesty International", quoted by "France Press". A...
Human Rights
UN ‘determined’ to end backsliding on development goals, Guterres tells ECOSOC
António Guterres was addressing the first high stakes meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) Operational Activities for Development Segment at UN Headquarters in New York, which he...
Human Rights
Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March last year, as the Commander of the Ghana Engagement Platoon, will receive the award from Secretary-General António Guterres during a...
Human Rights
Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks
“Lives and infrastructure are being destroyed, and the security situation is impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid,” said Volker Perthes, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan, briefing the Security...
Human Rights
El Salvador: Renewed state of emergency undermines right to fair trial
the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday. The state of emergency was first approved in March 2022, and initially for a month, but has been renewed ever since, generating...
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Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished
More than seven million children under the age of five remain malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition aid, and over 1.9 million boys and girls* are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. As the...
Africa
More than 4,000 prisoners were pardoned in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has released a fifth of all prisoners under a presidential amnesty order aimed at freeing up space in the country's overcrowded prisons, reported by the BBC. The Zimbabwe Prisons...
Africa
A ferocious campaign of defamation and désinformation against Omar Harfouch, after his success in the fight against corruption in Lebanon
Omar Harfouch, founder of the "Third Republic of Lebanon," faces a defamatory campaign financed by corrupt officials. Learn about the plot against him and the European Union's efforts to fight…
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Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflict
A wave of deadly attacks reportedly targeted West Darfur’s capital, El-Geneina, in recent days, while the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 700 people had been killed...