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    Resolving the Crisis in HaitiRainbow/PUSH Embraces Montana Accord Process

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). On January 6, Rainbow/PUSH was pleased to commemorate Haitian Independence Day at its National Headquarters in recognition of the birth of...

    Recovering Childhood: Access to Education & Protection for Children in Kenya’s Refugee Camps

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In August and September 2023, USCRI Policy Analyst Victoria Walker travelled to Kenya to visit both Dadaab and Kakuma...

    World News in Brief, Bangladesh democracy call, accountability for Israeli victims of sexual violence,...

    High Commissioner Volker Türk voiced his concern that Sunday’s poll which saw Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secure a fifth term in office, was “marred...

    IOM Mourns Death of Former Director General James N. Purcell Jr.

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is saddened by the death of former Director General James N. Purcell, who...

    Reflections on the Global Refugee Forum and the Road Ahead in 2024

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). The Global Refugee Forum drew to a close last month in Geneva, Switzerland. But the work toward fulfilling its lofty...

    World News in Brief: Griffiths demands end to ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict, Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange,...

    The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said in a statement that as the conflict continues to spread “human suffering is deepening, humanitarian access is shrinking...

    First Person: Christmas under rocket attack in Ukraine

    In Ukraine, there was no respite from war over the holiday period, neither for the country’s citizens, nor the UN workers attempting to deliver...

    Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder’s boost for World Braille Day

    “Yet, out of millions of publications each year, fewer than five per cent are made available in accessible formats for visually impaired persons in...

    IOM Issues Migration Recommendations to the Belgian and Hungarian EU Presidencies

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Brussels – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has presented recommendations on migration and mobility to the Belgian and Hungarian governments,...

    Gaza Is Starving

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The chief economist of the World Food Program explains how the scarcity of food may tip the territory into famine. By Isaac...

    The African Union’s Fight for Relevance in 2024

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The AU must guard against mirroring the weaknesses of its predecessor – the Organisation of African Unity. By Martin Ewi, ISS — The...

    Policy Brief: The Largest Humanitarian Needs of 2024

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). The United Nations (UN) and partner organizations estimate that 299.4 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection in...

    Japan contributes USD 2,240,000 Additional Funds for Peace, Security efforts and Humanitarian Assistance in...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yaoundé – December 4, 2023, the Embassy of Japan in Cameroon has provided IOM with more than 2 million USD for...

    Harvard president resigns amid claims of plagiarism and antisemitism backlash

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Claudine Gay announces in letter she is stepping down after just six months and returning to position as member of the...

    Haitian Independence Day at Rainbow/PUSH

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » Sat Jan 6, 2024, 10 AM EST —...

    Haitian Independence and Emancipation Day

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Powered by Black World Media Network January 1, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point Vantage Point host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is...

    More than a Pledge, a Call to Confront Ongoing Human Rights Abuses during the...

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). By USCRI President and CEO Eskinder Negash   As countries and international stakeholders convene at the Global Refugee Forum to talk...

    The unparalleled reign of Latifah, Hip Hop’s one and only Queen

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). She was a trailblazer for female rap artists, but that was only the beginning of a career that has encompassed movies,...

    UN chief condemns Russian attacks against Ukrainian cities and towns

    Overnight, Russian armed forces reportedly launched 158 missiles and drones in several waves targeting locations across Ukraine, including in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk,...

    INTERVIEW: Suffering and poverty ‘deepen’ through Ukrainian winter

    United Nations agencies have continued to provide aid to Ukrainians in a war which has left at least 10,000 civilians dead and 3.7 million displaced in...

    Gaza: UN calls for urgent aid scale-up amid new mass exodus to Rafah

    “A traumatized and exhausted population” is being “crammed into a smaller and smaller sliver of land,” UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths warned on...

    Can you buy a senate seat?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julianne Malveaux — Angela Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County Executive, is an energetic, knowledgeable public servant. An attorney, mom, and activist,...

    Lebanon: UN Force condemns attack on peacekeepers

    The windows of a patrol vehicle were also smashed. The patrol was attacked on Wednesday night (local time) by a group of young men in...