Sudan: The dictator al-Bashir overthrown by the army
The Sudanese army has just overthrown Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir in a coup. He was dismissed Thursday morning, 11 April, and arrested by the…
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Immigration in the world
International migration is a major component of the history of humanity. Since the dawn of time, humans migrate, move, evolve on the planet in…
70 years of human rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 is celebrating its 70th birthday today. On December 10, 1948, the 58 Member States that then…
World Tourism: New Record in 2017
Tourism continues its momentum in 2017. For 8 years, the growth of the sector is uninterrupted. In 2017, it was +7%, with 1.323 billion…
Koreas: historic meeting between the two leaders of north and south
The two leaders of North Korea and South Korea met Friday, April 27. Kim Jong-un, for the north, and Moon Jae-in, for the south,…
With rising number of girls at risk, world in ‘race against time’ to end female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation is a violent act that, among other things, causes infection, disease, childbirth complications and death, said the Executive Directors of the…
Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average
The Arctic continued in 2017 to warm at double the rate of the global temperature increase, resulting in the second warmest air temperatures, above…
152 million children at work around the world
One in ten children in the world, 152 million childs, are victims of the scourge of child labor, said the International Labor Organization (ILO)…
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