With over 826,000 people affected by heavy flooding affecting most of Nigeria, humanitarian agencies continue to step up efforts to...

Genocide remains a “threat and a reality” in the 21st century, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday, in an appeal to States...

FREETOWN and MAGBOGBOKO, Sierra Leone – In 2014, the world's deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus struck West Africa, killing more than...

When you think of the ways in which wars and conflicts are fought, water wouldn’t immediately come to mind, but in many conflicts,...

Meeting the urgent humanitarian needs of millions of displaced and returning Syrians inside the country is the immediate priority of the...

Marginalized groups suffer unduly harsh consequences due to Brazil’s economic policies of austerity, prompting United Nations rights...