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Afghanistan is confronting “a perfect storm” of overlapping crises, the UN’s outgoing envoy warned the Security Council on Wednesday, as an Afghan women’s rights advocate told the body that Taliban policies amount to “gender apartheid” which are suffocating a whole generation of girls. Source UN News Read More

Police remove protesters in Tel Aviv calling for Gaza ceasefire

September 18, 2025 Village Reporter

Police forcibly removed demonstrators blocking Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as protests called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all remaining hostages.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Cameroon: Cocoa plantations grapple with black pod disease

September 17, 2025 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Cocoa plantations in Cameroon are grappling with black pod disease, in an outbreak that has been fuelled by weeks of heavy rain. According to officials, a reliance on low-cost fungicides has not helped the situation.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Human Rights

Gaza: Top independent rights probe alleges Israel committed genocide

September 17, 2025 Village Reporterhuman rights

Senior independent rights investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council alleged on Tuesday that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, a charge flatly rejected by Tel Aviv. Source UN News Read More

Pacific

‘The needs are huge’: Pakistan reels from floods as millions left homeless

September 17, 2025 Village ReporterAsia News

A senior UN humanitarian official in Pakistan has warned that “the needs are huge” as massive floods across Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan continue to leave millions homeless, destroying vital crops and pushing fragile communities to the brink. Source UN News Read More

World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an ‘essential medicine’

September 17, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning on Wednesday that southern and eastern European countries are losing large numbers of doctors and nurses who are leaving to work abroad. Read More

Human Rights

Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds

September 17, 2025 Village Reporterhuman rights

In South Sudan, “systemic government corruption” and “brazen predation” on the part of political elites have created a human rights crisis that must be urgently addressed, the UN Commission on Human Rights in the country said in a new report issued on Tuesday. Source UN News Read More

Nigeria Entertainment News28 minutes ago 80% Of Female Homeowners In Nigeria Have BBL – Seun Kuti Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has spoken on the link between body enhancement surgery and property ownership among Nigerian women of his age group. Naija News…

September 17, 2025 Village Reporter

Naija News reports that in an interview with The Honest Bunch podcast, the son of late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti said that most of the women he knows who own houses in Nigeria have undergone Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgery. He stated that from his … Sourced From Nigerian Music Read More

Ghana begins receiving US deportees under new agreement

September 16, 2025 Elwin Mandowa

Ghana has officially joined the list of countries accepting deportees from the United States, as part of Washington’s broader efforts to curb undocumented migration. President John Mahama revealed that under a bilateral arrangement with the U.S., Ghana has agreed to temporarily host nationals from other West African countries who have been deported. So far, 14 The post Ghana begins… Read More

Human Rights

LIVE: Middle East updates; independent UN investigators say Israel has committed genocide in Gaza

September 16, 2025 Village Reporterhuman rights

Amid reports of intensifying bombardment in Gaza City overnight, the Middle East crisis took centre stage at the UN on Tuesday, starting at the global body’s Geneva headquarters, where Israel rejected allegations of genocide by an international panel of independent human rights investigators. The development came ahead of an urgent debate at the Human Rights Council prompted by Israeli strikes… Read More

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Afghanistan faces ‘perfect storm’ of crises, UN warns

Police remove protesters in Tel Aviv calling for Gaza ceasefire

Cameroon: Cocoa plantations grapple with black pod disease

Gaza: Top independent rights probe alleges Israel committed genocide

‘The needs are huge’: Pakistan reels from floods as millions left homeless

World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an ‘essential medicine’

Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds

Nigeria Entertainment News28 minutes ago 80% Of Female Homeowners In Nigeria Have BBL – Seun Kuti Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has spoken on the link between body enhancement surgery and property ownership among Nigerian women of his age group. Naija News…

Ghana begins receiving US deportees under new agreement

LIVE: Middle East updates; independent UN investigators say Israel has committed genocide in Gaza