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Cases on the continent fell by 1.7 per cent this week to nearly 282,000, largely due to a sharp decline...

The Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2019) – which will be published in...

It was the first UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) aircraft to arrive in the region since commercial flights were halted...

In his appeal to G20 environment ministers, the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, highlighted the challenge of...

Affectionately known as Madiba, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the General Assembly meeting celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day – officially commemorated on Sunday – that he “embodied the highest aspirations of...

“The lives of Venezuelan transplant patients who are stranded in foreign countries, as well as those waiting to travel abroad...

Speaking in the Japanese capital Tokyo, he said the world must unite with “determination, dedication and discipline” to triumph over...

“The World Heritage Committee, holding its 44th session in Fuzhou and online, decided to delete the property ‘Liverpool – Maritime...

In a statement, Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, and Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on human rights...

Although Mali outlawed slavery in 1905, a system of “descent-based slavery” persists, where some people are considered slaves because their...