The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern Mozambique over the past two weeks as armed groups intensify attacks. According to the OCHA, the total displaced in the last four months is now 330,000. The Office of the United [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Tanzanian government on Thursday to open an independent investigation into alleged killings, disappearances and repression carried out by security forces after the country’s disputed October 29 election, warning that “serious violations” of rights may amount to international crimes. Tensions had been building before the vote. Opposition leader Tundu Lissu [...]

European Union environment ministers approved a revised 2040 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target on Wednesday, after marathon negotiations that stretched into the early hours. The decision comes just ahead of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, on November 10, and establishes a legal framework linking the EU’s short- and long-term climate goals. [...]

US President Donald Trump’s administration sent a 10-page proposed agreement on Wednesday, called the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” to nine major US universities. The initiative marks an unprecedented effort by the administration to exercise federal power to reshape higher education in line with the president’s agenda. The document urges universities to align with the [...]

Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu signed a controversial media bill into law on Thursday, giving a new government-backed commission broader power to fine media outlets and even shut them down. In its press release, the President’s Office maintained that the new law “seeks to prevent the spread of false information” and “establish a framework that [...]

Protests in Nepal turned violent on Monday, resulting in at least 19 deaths and over 400 injuries as young activists took to the streets to voice their frustrations over government corruption and a recently imposed social media ban, according to official reports. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned from his post on Tuesday, his secretariat [...]

The Nepalese government on Thursday instituted a widespread block on major social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), restricting access to 26 platforms across the country. The decision, enforced by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), follows the platforms’ failure to comply with the directive requiring registration with the Ministry of Communications [...]

A group of 45 UN human rights experts reaffirmed on Thursday that gender must remain central to the fight for equality and human rights worldwide. The statement was signed by UN special procedure mandate holders from various countries, jointly emphasizing that “binary conceptions of sex” result in an incomplete picture of the “social and cultural factors [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu to reject a proposed media bill introduced in Parliament, saying it would severely undermine press freedom and place the media under government control in the country. The bill, introduced in the Maldives Parliament on August 18, 2025, aims to replace existing [...]

The UN verified 41,370 grave violations committed against children globally in 2024 in its annual report on children and armed conflict, released Thursday. The number, which includes 11,967 children killed or maimed, represents the highest number of grave violations against children recorded by the UN since it began monitoring. The Annual Report of the Secretary-General on [...]