Month: November 2025

  Conflict and armed violence in Ituri Province in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapping civilians in a murderous cycle, with thousands suffering in silence. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has distributed food to almost 12,000 people who have returned home after leaving everything behind when they fled armed attacks. Every family in the chieftancy of Mambisa, Djugu territory, has received […]

  “We see massive violations of international human rights law, direct attacks on civilians, noncompliance with international humanitarian law, which regulates conduct in relation to hostilities, and that the attacks are largely on civilians,” said Chaloka Beyani, who recently took up his post as Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for the Prevention of Genocide. Mr. Beyani told UN News in an interview on Thursday he had spoken to Resident Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, […]

  The number of children facing emergency levels of hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expected to surge by at least 20% by the new year due to ongoing violence, displacement and seasonal food shortages,  according to Save the Children.[1]  Analysis of new data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Partnership—the leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises—found that about 14 million children— one in five – will face […]

  The Tunisian authorities have over the past three years increasingly dismantled protections for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, particularly Black people, with a dangerous shift towards racist policing and widespread human rights violations that endanger their lives, safety and dignity, Amnesty International said today. The European Union risks complicity by maintaining cooperation on migration control without effective human rights safeguards. In a new report, ‘Nobody Hears You When You Scream’: […]

  Zimbabwe’s economic rebound in 2025 has been stronger than expected, supported by a recovery in agriculture, solid mining performance, and easing inflation amid exchange rate stability. Discussions in Harare emphasized the importance of reinforcing fiscal discipline in the 2026 budget by aligning expenditures with revenues and sustainable financing sources, while strengthening expenditure management. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Wojciech Maliszewski, visited Zimbabwe from October […]

  Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, will be paying State visit to Angola and Botswana from November 8-13, 2025. This will be the first ever State visit by an Indian Head of State to Angola and Botswana. 2. President Murmu will be visiting Angola from 8-11 November, 2025 at the invitation of His Excellency Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola. India and Angola […]

  HE Minister of State for International Cooperation Dr. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met on Thursday with HE Minister of Local Government of the Republic of Rwanda Dominique Habimana, on the sidelines of the Second World Summit for Social Development, held in Doha. The meeting discussed cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to support and strengthen them, in addition to a number of topics of […]