2020

Two United Nations agencies came together Tuesday to urge the international community not to overlook the on-going plight of millions of refugees and migrants from Venezuela, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around…

Given how quickly the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading, an outbreak is “looking imminent” in the world’s refugee camps, crowded reception centres or detention facilities where migrant families are sheltering, the Executive Director of…

Deaths from COVID-19 have more than doubled in the past week and will soon reach 50,000 worldwide, while the global caseload is heading towards one million, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on…

The global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may contract even further if restrictions on economic activities are extended without adequate fiscal responses, according to analysis…

Water boreholes powered by solar energy are helping to improve life for Nigerians displaced by conflict, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).  Thirty-five-year old…

With no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the UN climate change talks which were due to take place in Scotland later in the year, have been postponed until October 2021. The decision was…

A UN-mandated group of experts has urged warring parties in Yemen to release detainees and political prisoners to minimize the risk of COVID-19 in the conflict-ravaged country as fighting continues despite an initial ceasefire…

US-Saudi warplanes used internationally-prohibited cluster bombs in bombing the horse stables of the Military College on Monday, Director of the Military College Brigadier General Mohammed Saleh Shaizer revealed on Tuesday. “There are…

A source in the Liaison and Coordination Operations Room to monitor aggression violations in Hodeidah revealed that aggression violations reached more than 4428 violations during the month of March. The source pointed out that the…

a citizen was killed by the Islah militia, in Hadhramaut Governorate. According to local sources in the city of Sayun, the citizen Faisal bin Ali bin Mar’i Al-Nahdi was killed by gunmen in a military post at the entrance to the city…