insert_link World Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize Maria Corina Machado at a protest in January 2025. (Photo: REUTERS) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her decades-long struggle for democracy and human rights. This is a historic moment for Venezuela’s opposition movement. Machado, 58, leads the centrist political party Vente Venezuela and has long been one of President Nicolás Maduro’s most vocal critics. Once seen as a frontrunner to […] today13 October, 2025
insert_link Oshiwambo Nicaragua okwa tseyitha nena ta zimo mo United Nations Human Rights Council Nicaragua okwa tseyitha nena ta zimo mo United Nations Human Rights Council,sha landula olopota yiigwana ya hangana ndjoka yiindiile oshigwana shomuuyuni shi yamukule omapogolo guuthemba womuntu kepangelo lyomupresitend Daniel Ortega. Omupevi presitend nokuli omunyekadhi goshilongo Rosalia Murillo okwati etokolo itali vulu oku lundululwa notali pangele ,tati Nicaragua ota kuthapo ekuthombinga miinyangadhalwa ayihe yiimanga ko Human Rights Council. olopota yiigwana ya hangana ya pitithwa ohela,oya gandja ombedhi ku Ortega na Murillo,oku […] today28 February, 2025
insert_link Oshiwambo Iipotha iipe yo HIV otayiindjipala miitopolwa itatu yuuyuni-UNAIDS Iipotha iipe yo HIV otayiindjpala miitopolwa itatu:Middle east ,no North America,Eastern Europe no Central Asia no Latin America,noomwaka,nokwaahathikepamwe onkee taku tsikile,shiikwatelela ko Joint United nations Programme on Hiv-Aids. Omukuluntu wiliki go UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima momushangwa gwiikundaneki metiyali okwati nonando pwaadhika omapondolo ogendji oku keelela iipotha iipe yo HIV,mbyoka ya gwa pevi noo % 39 okuza mo 2010 muuyuni auhe,nonoo % 59 mo eastern and Southern Africa,olopota ompe yo UNAIDS oyuulike […] today25 July, 2024
insert_link Health / Medical One person dies from AIDS-related illness every minute UNAIDS says the AIDS pandemic can be ended by 2030 if more is done to fund initiatives and protect human rights. In a new report released this week, the organisation says if world leaders stick to their commitments the public health threat can be ended. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York. Meanwhile, new HIV infections are rising in three regions, namely the Middle East and […] today24 July, 2024
insert_link World Femicide: many countries around the world are making the killing of women a specific crime – here’s why it’s needed By Madhumita Pandey, Sheffield Hallam University An average of five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family, according to UN data. And often their murders are intrinsically linked to them being women. Some countries are now passing laws to specifically criminalise femicide – an extreme manifestation of gender-based violence. The first documented use of the term “femicide” was in […] today15 May, 2024
insert_link World Critics fear catastrophic energy crisis as AI is outsourced to Latin America By Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford “We walk for the water we need. If we don’t walk, who will give it to us?” asks Juan, a middle-aged man born in the Indigenous rural community of Maconí, Mexico. “It’s a four-hour journey each day to fetch water … Since last year, there hasn’t been rain, and this year it’s the same.” The bean crop has withered and there’s no corn […] today22 March, 2024
insert_link Africa Davos: Global economists see bright spots in Africa growth prospects By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency Top economists agree that Africa's economic prospects for 2024 are positive, as small countries sparkle in the face of sluggish global growth projections. Chief economists from the World Economic Forum, World Bank and United Nations project Africa’s economy will defy the impacts of weak investments, debt crises, inflation, tight financial conditions and extreme weather patterns to record an improvement over 2023. A strong majority […] today19 January, 2024
