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Press release: United Nations Selects Indigenous Social Worker from Canada, Kenyan Social Entrepreneur to be awarded 2025 UN Mandela Prize

Press release: United Nations Selects Indigenous Social Worker from Canada, Kenyan Social Entrepreneur to be awarded 2025 UN Mandela Prize

The laureates of the 2025 United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize are Brenda Reynolds, a social worker of Saulteaux heritage in Canada, and Kennedy Odede, founder and CEO of Shining Hope for Communities, a Kenyan grassroots organization...

Press release: Peacekeepers Serving in Abyei to Receive Top United Nations Military and Police Awards

Press release: Peacekeepers Serving in Abyei to Receive Top United Nations Military and Police Awards

The United Nations has announced the 2024 recipients of the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award and the Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana will receive the Military Gender Advocate Award...

 

 

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 UN News/Vibhu Mishra A tiger cools off in a stream on a hot day in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Thanks to efforts by local communities and the government, the park’s tiger population has rebounded but the species remains critically endangered.
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Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on countries to radically rethink their relationship with nature, warning that biodiversity loss is a global crisis no nation can ignore.

 

UN Photo/Fardosa Hussein Journalists in Somalia attend a press conference.(file)

Journalism facing new threats from AI and censorship

Countries must do everything to ensure that free and independent news reporting can thrive, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday in a message to mark World Press Freedom Day.

 

© UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene A scene from the Somali region of Ethiopia. Countrywide, at least 21 million people face multiple overlapping challenges including conflict, drought, flooding and disease outbreaks.

Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts

A lack of funding and dwindling supplies are forcing the UN World Food Programme to suspend lifesaving treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia by the end of the month. “We are at the breaking point,” the agency warned on Tuesday.

 

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