United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré (file photo)

How Hate Speech Attacks Basic Human Rights

June 19, 2019June 21, 2019 RMN News António Guterres, Hate Speech, Human Rights, UN

In an informal briefing to Member States, UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action

Peacekeepers with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on patrol in Bambari. Photo: MINUSCA (file photo)

Middle East and Africa World

Bangladeshi Peacekeeper Killed in South Sudan

June 27, 2018June 28, 2018 RMN News António Guterres, Bangladesh, Peacekeeper, South Sudan, UN

A Bangladeshi peacekeeper from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan was killed Tuesday during an attack on a convoy

On 15 August 2016 in the Bentiu Protection of Civilians site (POC) in Unity State, Maet, 6, carries an old broken saucepan with a hole in it to school so he has something to sit on during class. Photo: UNICEF

Middle East and Africa World

59 Million Young People in Conflict Areas Are Illiterate: UNICEF

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018 RMN News Education, Illiterate, UNICEF, Young

Nearly 3 in every 10 young people aged between 15 and 24 years old – 59 million – living in

Americas World

Democracy in Crisis: Freedom in the World 2018 Report

January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 RMN News Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights

Democracy is under assault and in retreat around the globe, a crisis that has intensified as America’s democratic standards erode

(left) Syrian refugee and education activist Muzoon Almellehan speaks with Salmata, 21, from Tala village as she sits on a bed alongside her three-week-old malnourished triplets at the nutrition ward in Bol Regional Hospital, Lake Region, Chad, Tuesday 18 April 2017.

Middle East and Africa World

25 Million Children Out of School in Conflict Zones: UNICEF

April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 RMN News Children, Conflict, School, Syria, UNICEF

More than 25 million children between 6 and 15 years old, or 22 per cent of children in that age

Former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo in the ICC courtroom during the delivery of his sentence on 21 June 2016. Photo: UN / ICC-CPI

Middle East and Africa World

Criminal Court Extends Prison Sentence of Former Congolese Leader

March 23, 2017March 24, 2017 RMN News Court, Criminal, Prison, UN

The United Nations-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday sentenced the former Congolese Vice-President, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, to another year