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From malaria to energy: Why solutions from the Global South aren’t reaching the people who need them most

Innovators – especially in the Global South – are too often locked out of funding and opportunity despite offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Malaria wasn’t on Masaki Umeda…

Survivors of wartime rape share stories of trauma and survival

Sexual violence is increasingly being used as a weapon of war in conflicts around the world and women and children in particular continue to be targeted facing sometimes long-lasting consequences. The…

UNESCO launches consultation on fair payment for news in the digital age

UN cultural agency UNESCO has launched a global consultation process to inform its Draft Guidance on Fair Compensation for News, particularly as online platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly rely on journalistic content.…

UN welcomes fresh Lebanon ceasefire reports as rights experts urge Iran accountability

The United Nations has welcomed reports of a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday while warning that civilians on the ground are still fleeing amid ongoing insecurity. UN…

DR Congo: Efforts ramp up as Ebola outbreak accelerates beyond borders

The spread of Ebola is accelerating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid continued armed violence, posing a grave and growing risk to the region, UN agencies warned on Friday. As of…

Gaza: Sneeze and you might get shot, warns UNICEF in alert on child killings

After another deadly night of clashes in Lebanon, aid agencies issued a new alert for Gaza, where 265 Palestinian children have been killed since a ceasefire was announced in October 2025. “During a…

Art and culture can both fuel and counter hate, UN discussion hears on Juneteenth

From a gold collar worn by an enslaved African to music preserved for nearly a century after the Holocaust, a staged reconstruction of a hate radio broadcast or porcelain coffee cups laid out in participatory remembrance, artists in a United Nations discussion on Friday used powerful images to…

World Refugee Day: UN calls for renewed commitment and solidarity

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on the international community to strengthen support for the nearly 42 million people worldwide who have fled their home countries to escape conflict, violence or persecution…

For one young refugee in Uganda, basketball is more than a game

When 19-year-old Stephane Kulimushi looks around the basketball court in Kampala where he trains young refugees, he sees more than players. He sees young people who, like him, arrived in Uganda after…

Old and new challenges for the Human Rights Council as it turns 20

It’s 20 years to the day since the UN Human Rights Council began its work as the world’s principal forum tasked with promoting and defending fundamental rights everywhere, particularly the world’s most vulnerable people…