Super El Niño May Push 26,000 Somalians Into Hunger
By Save the Children September 24, 2026 Source: Save the Children More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as families already struggling with drought brace for heavy rains and flooding. MOGADISHU, 24 September 2026 – More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as
Save the Children
Sep 24
Pavel at the UN: Russia threatens Europe; AI needs rules
September 24, 2026 By: Vit Pohanka Petr Pavel|Photo: Mehmet Eser, Reuters Czech President Petr Pavel used his address to the UN General Assembly to warn that Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens European security and has consequences far beyond the continent. He urged continued pressure on Moscow alongside serious diplomatic efforts. Pavel also backed Czechia’s bid for a Security Council seat and called for international oversight of artificial intelligence. Russia’s aggres
Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot Leaders Meet in the United Nations Protected Area
17 September 2026 By: UN News Photo Credit: UN News The Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Tufan Erhürman, and the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, met today, 17 September 2026, under United Nations auspices in the United Nations Protected Area. The leaders were welcomed by the top UN official in Cyprus, Mr. Khassim Diagne, on behalf of the Personal Envoy to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Ms. María Ángela Holguín. Following the meeting, the UN statement that was is
UN News
Sep 16
Fear Grows as Freedoms Shrink in Uganda
By: UN News July 30, 2026 Unsplash/Random Institute Since Uganda's general election in January, reports of enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations have increased against people perceived to oppose the Government. Since the country's general election in January, reports of enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations have increased against people perceived to oppose the Government. According
United Nations
Jul 29
Qatar Addresses crisis in Sudan at UN Human Rights Council
July 3, 2026 By Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs At UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, July 03, 2026. Credit: Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs The State of Qatar has expressed deep concern over the continuing humanitarian crisis in Sudan, calling on all parties to the conflict to respect international law and engage in dialogue to reach a lasting peace. The remarks were given on Friday by HE Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Dr Hind Abdulrahman
Somalia peacekeeping mission at risk as US blocks UN support
By Faisal Ali, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini July 2, 202610:42 AM PDTUpdated July 2, 2026 African union peacekeepers provide security during the Somali presidential elections, in Mogadishu, Somalia. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar Summary The 12,000-strong AUSSOM mission would likely collapse without UN logistics, diplomatic sources say UN backing covers food, fuel, medical services and transport for the force US note said Somalia had failed to sustain gains or reform i
AFP, AP and Reuters
Jul 5
Nigeria Memo to UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom
Mourning the death of a family member after the attack in Jos on Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026 Credit: Samson Omale/Associated Press Memorandum on Nigeria to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion To: Ms. Nazila Ghanea, U.N. Special Rapporteur From: Genocide Watch, The Alliance Against Genocide Re: Input for the Special Rapporteur’s country visit to Nigeria Date: April 30, 2026 Jihadist massacres of Christians and moderate Muslims in Nigeria constitute Genocide. Mus
Genocide Watch
Jun 2
Sudan is Not in a Civil War. It is in a Double Genocide.
A Sudanese woman who fled El Fashir (Str/AFP via Getty Images) I Have Watched the Catastrophe of My Country Be Reduced to Nothing New York Times April 15, 2026 By Mohammed Ahmed Mr. Ahmed is a Sudanese writer based in Seoul. The word “home” held two meanings in my life. One was the physical space of my childhood in Sudan: the textured walls of my room, the scent of my mother’s cooking, the squeak of ceiling fans pushing back against the endless summer heat. The other was an u
Sudan Core Group calls for action to stop Sudan crimes
UN Fact Finding Mission report on El Fasher: Sudan Core Group foreign ministers’ statement The Foreign & Commonwealth Office's main building in Whitehall source: UK Foreign Office العربيَّة Statement from the foreign ministers of the Sudan Core Group on the UN Fact Finding Mission (FFM) report on El Fasher. From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP Published 26 February 2026 Statement by foreign ministers of the Sudan Core Group at t
Genocide Watch
Mar 16
Amnesty warns CAR Special Court at risk of closure
Central African Republic Special Criminal Court in session. credit: Facebook Amnesty International warns CAR Special Court at risk of closure JuristNews February12, 2026 By Cecilia Akoko Attiogbe Atayi Amnesty International has warned that the Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic (CAR), a hybrid tribunal established to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity, is facing a “serious risk of closure” because of severe funding shortages. Amnesty I
Jurist News
Feb 12
Gaza Aid Lifelines Under Strain as Winter Worsens
© WFP/Jaber Badwan | A mother in Gaza cares for her children in a temporary shelter. Humanitarian partners in the Gaza Strip are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people as winter storms batter damaged homes and temporary shelters. Since the fragile October ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have been distributed. Yet partners estimate that over one million people – around ha
United Nations
Jan 2
Alliance/IRF Call for UN General Assembly action on Sudan
A boy sits at a camp for displaced people who fled from el-Fasher to Tawila, North Darfur, on October 27, 2025 [Mohammed Jamal/Reuters] The Genocide Working Group, a coalition of the 130 organization Alliance Against Genocide and the global International Religious Freedom Roundtable , has proposed a United Nations General Assembly Resolution on Sudan that: Demands an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the Sudan civil war; Demands unhindered access to food and medicine for a
Genocide Watch
Nov 4, 2025
