Libya: Sites of gross human rights violations must be sealed and impartially investigated - Türk
Stories & Blogs OHCHRJun 04, 2025(Press Release )UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday he was shocked by revelations of gross human rights violations uncovered at official and unofficial detention facilities run by the Stabilization Support Apparatus (SSA) force in Tripoli.
Sudan: Drone strikes must be investigated
Stories & Blogs OHCHRJun 04, 2025(Press Release )The deadly aerial strike this week on a UN humanitarian convoy in Al Koma, North Darfur, clearly undermines access by civilians to assistance and violates the international humanitarian law prohibition of attacks against humanitarian personnel and objects
The gendered response to farmer-herder violent conflict in Nigeria.
Stories & Blogs IFPRIJun 03, 2025(Blog )The gendered response to farmer-herder violent conflict in Nigeria.
Escalating conflict in South Sudan forces many thousands to flee just as aid dwindles.
Stories & Blogs UNHCRJun 03, 2025(Press Release )Over 165,000 people have fled increasing tensions and conflict in South Sudan in the past three months.
UNHCR warns crisis reaching breaking point as Sudanese refugee numbers triple in Chad.
Stories & Blogs UNHCRJun 03, 2025(Briefing )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising the alarm over the deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad.
Justice can’t wait: Africa’s push for reparative justice takes center stage.
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal MagazineJun 02, 2025(Article )Leaders at the ADS2025 High-Level Dialogue called for reparatory justice through global governance reform, debt relief, climate action, and the return of looted heritage.
Migration should be embraced, not feared.
Stories & Blogs ECAMay 30, 2025(Story )"Migration is not a problem to solve, but an opportunity to seize," says Walter Kasempa, AU/IOM Migration Ambassador.
Beyond Compensation: Reparatory Justice as a Structural Economic Imperative for Africa
Stories & Blogs OSAAMay 20, 2025(News )These historical crimes included the trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, apartheid, and systemic racial discrimination
Sudan: UN expert calls for end to attacks on critical civilian infrastructure amidst intensifying drone strikes.
Stories & Blogs OHCHRMay 19, 2025(Press Release )The designated Expert on human rights in Sudan of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed deep concern at the recent intensification of drone strikes and the expansion of the conflict to Red Sea state in eastern Sudan.
Reparatory justice in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Stories & Blogs OHCHRMay 16, 2025(Story )The overarching theme of the 2025 session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent was “Africa and people of African descent: United for reparatory justice in the age of Artificial Intelligence,”