“Everyone must put an end to hate speech, work to restore trust, and refrain from any action that could undermine the progress made for peace” in DRC, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, on the eve of the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for DR Congo and…
“Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, briefing the media at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva. According to WHO’s Coronavirus Dashboard which has collated key statistics since early in the pandemic, the cumulative cases worldwide now stand at 765,222,932, with nearly seven million…
During the visit, the Mechanism visited Washington DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, and New York City saying in a press release, that it had been pleased to learn about various promising initiatives that authorities have developed to combat racial discrimination affecting people of African descent. Urging accountability and support Members of the UN Human…
“We are alarmed about widespread mental health issues and accounts of escalating suicides among women and girls,” they said in a joint statement. “This extreme situation of institutionalized gender-based discrimination in Afghanistan is unparalleled anywhere in the world.” ‘Extreme’ discrimination Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, de facto authorities have issued a…
The country has 6.2 million internally displaced people, while more than 1.3 million have become refugees. UNHCR said that Goma, the capital of eastern DRC’s North Kivu province, hosts over 560,000 displaced people in and around the city. Many live in spontaneous sites on the side of the road, in dire conditions, despite the efforts of…
Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection said their first request was that countries allow civilians fleeing Sudan on “a non-discriminatory manner to access their territory”. She said this applied to Sudanese nationals, foreign nationals, and refugees who are being hosted in Sudan, “stateless persons, as well as those who do not have a passport…
Canberra: Once again a temple in Australia has been vandalized by supporters of Khalistan, temples have been vandalized in Australia before. According to media reports, on Friday morning Bapas Swaminarayan Temple was attacked by supporters of Khalistan and damaged the temple wall, miscreants also hoisted Khalistan flag at the entrance of the temple. Later, when…
In India, a child born with such a strange creation has three hands and the third hand is attached to his back. Nowhar town in the Hanumangarh district of the Indian state of Rajasthan is currently the center of attention across India because of a child born there who has three hands and a third…
Saudi Arabia has started issuing digital visas for 7 countries. Instead of a visa sticker on the passport, there will be a QR code visa system. According to foreign media, Saudi Arabia has started issuing digital visas for 7 countries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia has said that it has started issuing…
4 Indian soldiers were killed in an explosion in Occupied Kashmir; Photo: Twitter Srinagar: In Occupied Kashmir, 5 personnel, including an Indian Army officer, were killed and 1 injured in a powerful explosion during a search operation. According to Indian media, the Indian Army reached a raid team on the information that the militants who…
