2020

The Saudi-led aggression coalition forces and mercenaries continued to violate the ceasefire agreement in Hodeidah Governorate during the past 24 hours, a military official said on Thursday. According to the official, the Saudi-led…

Over 3 million Yemeni people have been forced to flee their homes since the beginning of the war that carried out by the Saudi-led aggression coalition on Yemen. The council affirmed that displaced Yemenis from 15 provinces are suffering…

Head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs Abdelqader al-Mortada on Monday announced the liberation of 10 prisoners from the army and popular committees in exchanges with the other party through local mediators on several fronts.…

The Supreme Council for Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Monday said the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) due to Saudi-led coalition’s war on Yemen has reached to more than 3.8 million people by end of last…

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An independent UN human rights expert hailed on Tuesday, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to consider a formal criminal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Palestine as a "momentous step forward in the…

At the dawn of the next decade, a new World Food Programme (WFP) forecast of global hunger hotspots has revealed that escalating hunger will challenge sub-Saharan Africa in the first half of 2020.…

The world will welcome more than 392,000 babies on New Year’s Day, according to estimates from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  The agency believes 2020’s first baby will be born in Fiji and that…

Together, Kenya and Uganda kick-start a Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by partnering with the UN to address challenges that transcend country borders.  By Siddharth Chatterjee (Kenya RC) and Rosa Malango…