“So far, the ceasefire between the M23 and the FARDC has held up relatively well and has contributed to some security gains”, said UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Martha Pobee. “The relative calm in Rutshuru territory, for example, allowed more than 45,000 people from the Bishusha group to return home”, she said. She noted, however, that…
Today, more than 100 armed conflicts are raging worldwide, devastating communities, winding back development, and leading to grave violations of human rights. Ranging from severe beatings to sexual humiliation and rape, torture is widely used as a means of war. And often, torture involves the use of tools or instruments, mock executions, and forcing victims…
“The lives of millions depend on that responsibility being given meaning,” Special Adviser on responsibility to protect (R2P) issues George Okoth-Obbo said, introducing the Secretary-General’s latest report and speaking on his behalf. “This annual debate is a reminder to us not to drift from our commitment, our duty, our responsibility to protect.” Preventing ‘contagion of mass…
According to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2024, over 2.4 million refugees will be in need of resettlement, marking a 20 per cent increase compared to 2023. A woman leaves a refugee camp in Rwanda on her way to resettlement in Norway. Escalating challenges With a deepening refugee crisis, security breakdowns and conflicts, urgent…
“About five million children under the age of five are estimated to be facing acute malnutrition in 2023 in the Horn region, in the Greater Horn. That is about 10.4 million, that is just a staggering figure,” said Liesbeth Aelbrecht, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) incident manager for the greater Horn of Africa emergency. Three…
Most of the people want to buy something online as soon as they click on ‘order’, so they don’t have to wait any longer and get their desired item in their hands as soon as possible. However, sometimes online orders literally make the customer wait so much that it goes from hours and days to…
ISPR Director General Major General Ahmed Sharif has said that the Pakistan Army has completed its self-accountability process, which officers failed to protect GHQ, Jinnah House and military installations. However, action has been taken against them, 3 officers, including an officer of the rank of lieutenant general, have been dismissed. While giving a press conference…
Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam spoke interestingly about the century against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup and also told when the important match against the Kiwis came within his grasp. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared a video of Babar Azam talking to PCB Digital in which he spoke about his century against…
Further investigation of the incident is ongoing, US authorities: Photo: File Washington: A person working at an airport in the United States died after being stuck in the engine of a plane. In the report of the foreign news agency, the US authorities said that the aviation employee working at the airport in the state…
Special Olympics World Games: Pakistan wins 2 more gold medals Muhammad Luqman of Pakistan won the gold medal in the 100m race of the Special World Games. In powerlifting, Pakistan’s Habibullah won gold medal in deadlift in 83 kg weight category. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); },…
