Hispanic World
Building peace, one project at a time in Colombia
A group of former combatants with the FARC rebel group in Colombia have been reflecting on five years of peace and community building in a...
Chile: Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’
The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on a landmark case of involuntary...
States urged to do more to help Haitians fleeing insecurity by sea
Amid growing insecurity and gang violence in Haiti, the numbers of desperate people resorting to risky sea crossings has sharply increased. On Friday the UN...
Business
First Person: Sweet taste of modern beekeeping
Beekeepers in the southern Haitian commune of Bonbon are creating a buzz around honey in an area which is recovering from an earthquake in 2021.
African nations leading the way on ‘food systems transformation’: Guterres
African countries are at the vanguard of a vital transformation of food systems to simultaneously address food security, nutrition, social and environmental protection – all while...
Africa provides a ‘home for hope’, despite new challenges: Guterres
On Africa Day, the world celebrates the diverse and dynamic continent’s “enormous promise and potential”, the UN chief said in an upbeat message to mark...
‘We Have to Make Peace with Nature’: UN Deputy Chief meets inspiring young climate leaders in Indonesia
A portable solar generator in a black case, and an eggplant grown in organic soil, were among the diverse items that a group of young...
Middle East and North Africa: addressing highest rates of youth unemployment in the world
More than 33 million new jobs need to be created by 2030 in the Middle East and North Africa region by 2030, if the world’s...
Global jobs market recovery ‘has gone into reverse’, warns UN labour agency
The recovery of the global jobs market is going into reverse, the UN labour agency, ILO, said on Monday, blaming COVID-19 and “other multiple crises”...
