The Co-Chairs of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya of the Berlin Process - the Netherlands, Switzerland, and UN ...

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has called on all Libyan parties to take decisive steps to advance the status of women and girls, guarantee their rights ...

The land in Lainya County in South Sudan is rich and fertile, with a long history of successfully producing vast amounts of maize, cassava and other essential food items ...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that potentially life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will have to end next month, unless emergency funds can be secured ...

The surge in violence in Upper Nile State, escalating political tensions in Juba, and other political intrigues are threatening to derail South Sudan’s Revitalized Peace Agreement and inflict more pai ...

On International Women’s Day, Transparency International celebrated the achievements of women worldwide, but also acknowledged the barriers that still hinder gender equality ...

Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest intend to return home within the next year – sparking deep co ...

The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testi ...

Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Thursday ...

Sudan has filed an application against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for support for the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the bloody war in the Ea ...

The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less funding for programmes and institutio ...

South African Lawmakers on Thursday took aim at the Trump administration’s decision to halt funding to the country ...