The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Mali is On the Front Lines of Fighting Terrorist GroupsThe United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Mali puts UN peacekeepers directly in conflict with violent extremism. It is the deadliest...
Coffee Is Being Threatened With Extinction Because of Climate ChangeTwo new scientific papers show how climate change is affecting species of coffee plants in Africa, Australia and Asia. The...
Here’s How Every Country Ranks When it Comes to Child Abuse and Child SafetyThe United Kingdom is the safest place to be a child, while Pakistan is the least safe. That’s according to...
Election Fraud in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. What You Need to KnowThe Democratic Republic of Congo held elections on December 30th that would mark the country’s first peaceful transfer of power...
UN Peacekeeping Faces Massive Funding ShortfallIn a letter to United Nations Ambassadors, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an urgent cash crisis facing the...
Palestine Assumes Leadership of the Powerful G77 Bloc at the United Nations. Here’s what that meansThe Group of 77, or G77, is the single largest voting bloc at the United Nations. And in 2019, it...
Will Protests in Sudan Bring Down the Genocidal Regime of Omar al Bashir?A protest movement in Sudan is posing the biggest challenge to the genocidal regime of Omar al Bashir in decades....
Global Fund Replenishment Means Funding the Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaThe Global Fund needs to replenish its reserves in order to fill its mission of fighting the world’s three top...
What’s Next for the World Bank After Jim Yong Kim’s Sudden Resignation?World Bank president Jim Yong Kim is stepping down at the end January. He made that announcement on January 7th,...