Independent UN experts have welcomed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) decision to restore sunscreen to its model lists of essential medicines – those that meet the priority health needs of pop ...

The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a warning on Wednesday that southern and eastern European countries are losing large numbers of doctors and nurses who are leaving to work abroad ...

Nigeria has failed to do enough to prevent targeted attacks on schools, fallen short on criminalising abduction and marital rape – and on protecting schoolgirls from abduction and stigmatisation, acco ...

As the United Nations marks 80 years of existence, it must adapt and evolve to be fit for future generations, the President of the General Assembly said on Wednesday during a briefing to journalists i ...

For millions of girls in Afghanistan, it has been four long years since the ban on secondary education came into force, one of many rights abuses rolled out by the de facto authorities sinc ...

Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador contribute an estimated $900 million each year to the country’s economy, yet many remain trapped in informal work and vulnerable conditions, according to a new study by ...

A Kenyan mercenary who was tricked into the Russian military has surrendered to Ukrainian forces on the battlefront, a Ukrainian newspaper, reported Wednesday ...

A Panel of 42-experts formed to recommend measures to deal with rising cases of femicide is proposing to classify cases involving the murder of women by their lovers or intimate partners as a differen ...

World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from 22-30 September should commit to protecting the UN from powerful governments seeking to defund and undermine the organisation’s cap ...

South Afrian cities of Johannesburg and Durban have officially been confirmed as the host cities for Meetings Africa and Africa’s Travel Indaba respectively for the next five years commencing 2 ...

Digital technology driving the future of jobs (World Bank Blog by Christine Zhenwei Qiang, Global Director, Digital Vice Presidency; Stéphane Straub, Chief Economist, Infrastructure Vice Presidency, ...

Kenya on Tuesday inaugurated a newly upgraded World Health Organisation (WHO)-accredited polio laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), marking a major step forward in the country’s ...