GENEVA — The United Nations’ top human rights official says the proliferation of crises brought on by conflict, climate change, poverty and discrimination are eroding people’s fundamental rights and freedoms and threatening the stability of nations wor…
UN member states finally agreed Saturday, following years of talks, to a text on the first international treaty to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.“The ship has reached the shore,” conference chair…
There was none of the U.S. presidency’s muscular, national security-focused approach on display as Jill Biden, in flowery dresses and pin-thin heels, hugged and smiled her way through Namibia and Kenya on her debut trip to the continent as first lady, …
Russia’s war of aggression took center stage at the opening of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s five-and-a-half-week session in Geneva.As he kicked off this historically long and politically charged conference, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres co…
Responding to the news that Botswana and Namibia have agreed to allow people to move freely between the two countries, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa, said:“This agreement, which marks the first of its ki…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that Washington is seeking to strengthen sanctions against Russia and called for more support for Ukraine as it resists Moscow’s invasion.She was speaking in India’s technology hub of Bengaluru, where …
On our radarUN launches earthquake appealsLess than two weeks after successive earthquakes struck southern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February, the death toll has risen to nearly 44,000. Several people were found alive in Türkiye on 16 February, b…
GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana revealed on Monday that it suffered a huge spike in rhino poaching during five years through 2022, translating to about a third of its population of the endangered species.In all, 138 rhinos were slaughtered from 2018 to l…
