UK tables draft UN resolution to enforce Libya arms embargo now
Forces loyal to the UN-backed government in Tripoli claim to be at the gates of Sirte, and as many as 6,000 people have fled the city in anticipation of a Continue Reading
Showing child sex abuse whistleblower resigns from UN
Anders Kompass, director of field operations at the UN human rights office in Geneva, announced his resignation on Tuesday. Kompass – whose suspension last year for exposing the sexual abuse Continue Reading
The Guardian view on the conviction of Hissène Habré
Habré, whose eight-year reign of terror and political repression had led to the deaths of an estimated 40,000 Chadians, was unrepentant. His only words in the Senegalese courtroom were a Continue Reading
Mediterranean death toll has reached at least 1,000 this week
The updated IOM tally was drawn from accounts from survivors who were saved at sea or landed in Italy. At least 1,000 people have died or are missing and presumed Continue Reading
The worst food crisis since 1985 looms for 50 million across Africa
Last year’s drought, followed by erratic rains, hit the village of Nkhotakota hard. But this year the rains never came and, for a second year running, the family grain store Continue Reading
Up to 5.3 million people face summer food crisis – South Sudan
This number is nearly double the 2.8 million people who were classed as being in crisis or emergency food situations from January to March, with about 40,000 thought to be Continue Reading
The families left behind – Aid worker deaths
‘I know how many more lives he would have touched. It’s an interrupted story’ I had taken Jean-Sélim to the airport with my son two days before he died at Continue Reading
Empowering women may not save the environment
The annually updated forecasts are fuel for a strengthening argument that growing population is a critical environmental issue. The logic is simple: increasing numbers of people multiplied by higher average Continue Reading
Rich countries’ $100bn promised to fight climate change ‘not delivered’
As a key United Nations meeting got underway, Brazil, China, India and South Africa said they were disappointed in rich countries’ failure to make good on a promise six years Continue Reading
Ten percent of Rohingya have fled on boats in Burma
The claim is made by Chris Lewa, whose Arakan Project tracks the movement of Rohingya as they have fled persecution over the past three years, cramming into primitive boats as Continue Reading