Category: World

The terrorists who exploded a bomb near a girls’ school in the mostly Shiite district of west Kabul in Dasht-e-Barchi on Saturday “must be held accountable” for their “heinous crime”, the UN Special Representatives for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and on Violence Against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid, said in a joint statement.  According to news reports, scores of people – many of them students between the ages of 11 and 15 – were killed and hundreds of others injured.  Safeguard girls education  The UN officials also called on the Afghan authorities to urgently protect the right to education… Read More

For the nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, 2021 marks the fourth year since their mass displacement from Myanmar, which was preceded by decades of influxes triggered by systematic discrimination and targeted violence.   StatelessnessDiscrimination Targeted violence  Over the past few decades, nearly 1 million Rohingya have fled their homes in Myanmar in search of peace and safety. While many fled across borders, some remain displaced… Read More

Across the region of almost 2 billion people, more than three new COVID-19 infections are being recorded every second, while over three lives are lost every minute to the disease, according to UNICEF. George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, warned that the scale and speed of the COVID-19 surge is “outstripping” countries’ abilities to provide life-saving treatment for… Read More

“In my career, there have been times when people I work with in the music industry have advised me to concentrate on building an audience and making money, and do my activism later. They think that social activism and art are two different worlds that can’t exist together. But my team and I don’t agree. We aren’t saying that everyone… Read More