Uneven post-pandemic recovery widens gap between rich and poor
Europe dominates the top rankings as development in half of the world’s poorest nations falls below pre-pandemic levels.
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Europe dominates the top rankings as development in half of the world’s poorest nations falls below pre-pandemic levels.
The U.N. chief said groups such as Islamic State, al-Qaida and others have quickly made Africa a major threat to peace.
The U.N. in Somalia confirmed "an aviation incident" with a U.N.-contracted helicopter in Galmudug, Somalia.
UNICEF forecasts nearly 96 million children displaced by river flooding, 10.3 million by cyclonic winds, and 7.2 million by storm surges over three decades.
Some in the developing world fear that the war in Ukraine is diverting attention away from the dangers of climate change.
A Swiss-led U.N. Security Council session called on all countries and armed groups to fulfill their obligations for protecting civilians under international humanitarian law.
Syrian President Bashar Assad, formerly ostracized by most Arab nations, was warmly readmitted to the Arab League.
Low rainfall and high evaporation rates 'would not have led to drought at all in a 1.2° C. cooler world,' scientists concluded.
Bilan is marking its first anniversary with a look back at what U.N. Development Program calls "a year of smashing taboos and shining a light on stories other media have long ignored."
As the continent faces a raft of complications, the African Union's ambitious goal of tackling structural root causes and drivers of conflict for sustainable development is in doubt.
The top American diplomat rebuked the U.N. Human Rights Council a day after it commissioned a report on racism and police brutality.
East Africa faces the worst invasion of desert locust swarms in decades from a new generation of the world’s oldest and most destructive migratory pest.
A human rights treaty that is 30 years old helped make children healthier but they still face threats like climate change and online abuse, UNICEF said.
The Trump administration's withdrawal of U.S. funding for Palestinian refugees could create a huge humanitarian crisis.
Hundreds of millions of youth are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases because more countries suffer from conflicts.
New ethnic clashes in the south of the country and violence along a border region displaced more than 1 million people.