Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new United Nations report released on Thursday highlights a "widespread pattern" of arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of people held by the two rival ...

Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Thursday ...

The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less funding for programmes and institutio ...

Sudan has filed an application against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for support for the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the bloody war in the Ea ...

South African Lawmakers on Thursday took aim at the Trump administration’s decision to halt funding to the country ...

Civilians sheltering in the vast Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region are now “nearly impossible” to reach, the UN’s top aid official in the country warned on Thursday ...

The weak but significant La Niña weather event that began in December is likely to be brief, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced ...

The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to violence and lifesaving healthcare services under threat, the U ...

With global humanitarian funding being scaled back precipitously, the United Nations on Thursday allocated US$110 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost life-saving assistanc ...

Ghana on Thursday marked her 68th independence anniversary with the President of the West African country, John Dramani Mahama, stressing self-reliance and rallying  the youth to take advantage of opp ...

Nigerian rapper 3GAR has spoken out after his near fatal vehicle accident in Cape Town on Saturday ...

An independent UN expert said on Wednesday she was extremely concerned about the safety of human rights defenders in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they face risks of reprisals in c ...