Conflict and COVID driving record hunger in DR Congo, warns UN
A record 27.3 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing acute hunger, one-third of the violence-wracked Central African country’s population, largely because of conflict and the…
FAST- TRACK WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC LIFE “FOR EVERYONE’S BENEFIT”
The UN rights chief said on Tuesday March 16th that empowering women and girls to participate fully in public life is both the right and “smart thing to do”, speaking…
UN chief urges global plan to reverse unfair vaccine access
UN. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday 17th February 2021, saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations…
WHO authorizes AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization on Monday February 15th granted emergency authorization to the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Why it matters: WHO’s authorization “should trigger the delivery of hundreds of millions of doses to…
UN Special Rapporteur’s alarming concerns in Myanmar crisis
The U.N. independent investigator on the situation of human rights in Myanmar said Wednesday that “hardened” troops are being deployed from a number of border areas in northern Rakhine state to…
