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Human Rights

UN Forum puts spotlight on healthcare for Indigenous Peoples

April 21, 2026 Village Reporterhuman rights0 comment

Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ access to healthcare, including during conflict, is the theme for a major meeting that opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday. Source UN News Read More

Africa

Millions of desperate Sudanese return home amid dire conditions as war rages

April 21, 2026 Village ReporterUN Africa News0 comment

Three years into the devastating conflict in Sudan, nearly four million displaced people have returned to their places of origin across the country, only to face “another struggle for survival”, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. UN Africa News Read More

Europe

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency briefing on Ukraine amid escalating Russian attacks

April 21, 2026 Village ReporterEurope News0 comment

The Security Council meets in emergency session at 3pm to address the escalating conflict in Ukraine. The open briefing follows a formal request from Kyiv citing a surge in Russian aerial bombardments, including devastating strikes on the city of Dnipro. Ukraine has reported that between late March and mid-April, more than 5,000 drones and missiles were launched, killing dozens of… Read More

Africa

Amnesty International warns of ‘predatory world order’ in grim rights report

April 21, 2026 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews0 comment

The world faces a “perilous new era” driven by states’ “predatory” behaviour leading to an “anti-rights” international order, rights group Amnesty International warned on Tuesday.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Europe

World News in Brief: AI diagnostics, humanitarian deal for DR Congo, rights abuse allegations in Belarus, Ukraine children bear heaviest burden

April 21, 2026 Village ReporterEurope News0 comment

New data shows that nearly three in four countries in Europe now use Artificial Intelligence in their health services to make a diagnosis. Source UN News Read More

Africanews turns 10: A decade of news, change and African perspectives

April 20, 2026 Village Reporter0 comment

On April 20, 2026,we celebrate a decade of news, engagement and African voices with Africanews, the pan-African channel that for the past 10 years has told Africa’s story to the world and given a voice to a continent in the midst of transformation.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Africanews anniversary: Our top 10 most-viewed videos on YouTube

April 20, 2026 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews0 comment

Africanews is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark this occasion, we’re taking a look back at our 10 most-viewed YouTube videos of the past decade.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Turkey to train 200 Nigerian special forces soldiers under new defence deal

April 20, 2026 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews0 comment

Nigeria and Turkey have struck a defence agreement to help Africa’s most populous nation fight its 17-year-long jihadist insurgency, the Nigerian defence minister said on Saturday.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Angola, third stop on Africa tour

April 18, 2026 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews0 comment

Pope Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Angola, opening the third leg of his four-nation tour across Africa, with a message focused on hope, peace, and social justice.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Human Rights

More than 38,000 women and girls killed in Gaza war, UN gender equality agency reports

April 18, 2026 Village Reporterhuman rights0 comment

The war in Gaza has inflicted a far higher toll on women and girls than in previous conflicts in the Palestinian enclave, with more than 38,000 killed by Israeli air bombardment and land military operations since Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel sparked the war in October 2023, UN Women said on Friday. Source UN News Read More