Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and can suffer lifelong physical, emotional and psychologica ...

Human rights group, Amnesty International, has criticised the US for imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) describing at action as “reckless”, “vindictive”, “brutal” ...

The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service ...

As the world marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female genital Mutilationon Thursday, the United Nations is warning that without urgent action, a staggering 27 million more girls could ...

South Africa\'s minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, on Friday extended his congratulations to South African composer Wouter Kellerman who was honoured at the 67th Grammy Awards ...

Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday in a briefing to journalists in New York ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza, and “to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing” in ...

Liberia is now in position to draw US$46 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for strengthening its international reserve under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), the Fund has announced ...

An estimated 135,000 women could die from preventable breast cancer by 2040 in sub-Saharan Africa without urgent action, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned ...

A surge in violence across Sudan has reportedly killed at least 40 children in just three days, with shelling targeting multiple areas of the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned ...

I still see the knife, and the lady who held me down,” said Hawa’a Mohamed Kamil, a peer educator in Djibouti, who was subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) at just six years old, an ...

Top independent rights experts reiterated their call to the Tunisian authorities on Wednesday to release an imprisoned activist who is intensive care after going on hunger strike ...