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Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics: New report |

The ability of education systems to ensure even rudimentary literacy skills for their students has declined in four out of 10…

4 years ago

Guterres highlights UN partnership with India, as powerhouse for the SDGs |

Afterwards, he went to the Indian Institute of Technology in India’s business capital, where he delivered a lecture, hailing the partnership between…

4 years ago

MINUSCA support ‘decisive’ in security operations to protect civilians |

Valentine Rugwabiza, who also heads up the UN Stabilization Mission in CAR, said ‘blue helmets’ had paid a key role…

4 years ago

Impact of Tigray airstrikes on civilians ‘utterly staggering’: UN rights chief |

He warned that the latest alarming airstrikes risk seriously worsening the already devastating impact the fighting is having on civilians.…

4 years ago

‘Undeniable need for accountability’ in Ukraine as violations mount |

Set up by the Human Rights Council in March, it presented its initial findings in Geneva at the end of…

4 years ago

Killings and detentions of children in Iran must end, UN child rights committee urges |

Committee members urged authorities to stop all violence against children, which is a clear violation of their rights, including the…

4 years ago

Tigray: Fighting must end, urges Guterres, amid ‘staggering’ level of need |

That’s according to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres who briefed correspondents on Monday morning outside the Security Council, stating that…

4 years ago

Political solution ‘no longer sufficient’ to address current crisis in Haiti |

Ms. Helen La Lime urged ambassadors to act decisively and help address the persistent scourges of insecurity and corruption, that…

4 years ago

Surge in poverty-stricken children in Eastern Europe, Central Asia |

The impact of the war in Ukraine and subsequent economic downturn on child poverty in eastern Europe and Central Asia,…

4 years ago

Huge needs remain in Yemen as fragile peace extends beyond truce: UN deputy relief chief |

Some 23.4 million people in Yemen – more than two-thirds of the entire population – need humanitarian aid, said the…

4 years ago