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Armed gangs control large swathes of territory and violence has spread well beyond the capital Port-au-Prince, weakening the State’s ability...

For decades, scientists, policymakers and the media warned of a “global water crisis,” implying temporary shock – followed by recovery. What...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has reported that an estimated 318 million people worldwide now face crisis levels of...

The UN advocates for the universal abolition of the death penalty. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by 175 countries,...

Secretary-General António Guterres is following the continuing violence “with great concern,” Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday in New York. The Secretary-General called for full respect for...

Volker Türk said he was outraged by renewed overnight attacks that knocked out power and heating in major cities –...

Briefing ambassadors, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan said the situation in Darfur had “darkened even further,” with civilians subjected...

A Chilean police officer stationed at the border collaborated on the scheme, enabling the crime.Were it not for border guards,...

The head of aid coordination office, OCHA, in the country, Paola Emerson, told reporters in Geneva that more than half...

According to the latest UN-backed IPC Food Security Phase Classification report, around 874,000 people are facing crisis or emergency levels of...