Efforts to assist millions of people fleeing South Sudan in Africa’s biggest refugee crisis face a critical funding shortfall of nearly $800 million, a top regional United Nations…
by Staff WriterVarious United Nations agencies and rights groups continue to urge the government of Sudan to provide leniency for a woman jailed to death sentence for stabbing her husband…
by Staff WriterFour new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by government scientists there, prompting the UN health…
by Staff WriterFreedom Day was marked a day early in New York City with South African diplomats expressing their appreciation for the support the international community played in defeating Apartheid…
by Staff WriterSouth Africa on Monday expressed its opposition to air strikes being conducted in Syria.
by Staff WriterPRETORIA- At least one civilian was killed and dozens of United Nations peacekeepers, civilians and militia fighters were injured during an operation against armed groups in Central African…
by Staff WriterPRETORIA - Islamist rebels are suspected of killing at least 11 civilians in an attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Wednesday, adding to some…
by Staff WriterThe Minister of Women in the Presidency, Bathabile Dlamini, says the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and UN member states have an obligation to advance gender…
by Staff WriterUnited Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutteres says progress for women and girls means changing the unequal power dynamics that underpin discrimination and violence.
by Staff WriterThe world has reached a tipping point in the struggle for women’s equality and empowerment. That was among the messages delivered at the official commemoration of International Women’s…
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