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The People Living with HIV Sector is holding a community accountability meeting ahead of World Aids Day; the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse is hosting a webinar about electoral reform; and the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are leading a dialog...

UNDPS strategy to propel Bangladeshs digital transformation: Palak

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

Calling for the investigation of war crimes is one thing. Actually prosecuting war criminals is another.

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security agencies led by the Nigerian Army allegedly killed no fewer than 1,400 residents and razed about 1,000 homes in 100 Igbo communities in 14 months, a report has shown. The security agencies allegedly involved in the massacre are the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, the Nigerian Air Force and […]

Harpinder Collacott has worked at Development Initiatives (DI) since 2012, and brings with her a wealth of governance experience, serving as a Board Trustee

 GAIBANDHA, DEC 10, 2021 (BSS)- Human Rights Day-2021 was observed here like elsewhere in the world marking the 73rd anniversary of

civil society space resolution, we deplore the removal of general debates in June and call for their reinstatement including with NGO video statements. COVID-19 has exacerbated existential threats to civil society and demonstrated the importance of bridging digital divides. We welcome the focus of the resolution on the Internet, and that the resolution on digital technologies places a stronger focus on human rights impacts and approach to new technologies. We also welcome the resolution on ...

Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of a viral Black Lives Matter movement that fuelled a wave of worldwide protests in summer 2020, announced last week that shes resigning...

Innocent Chukwuma: Fulfilled Purpose and Dying Empty, By Omano Edigheji Inno, you played your part as a positive change agent to make Nigeria, in particular, and the world, in general, a better place. Inno, in your life, you lived a life of purpose.  In the short time you lived in this world, you clearly identified your life purpose, fulfilled it and died empty, after given it your all. Inno, like Apostle Paul, you fought the good fight. You finished the course and you kept the faith. Your in...