Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on , citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service
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10/02/2025
Decoding Africa’s Energy Journey: Three Key Numbers
Human Wrongs Watch
– At night, when the world lights up, large swathes of Africa remain cloaked in darkness—a stark reminder of the continent’s lack of reliable access to electricity.
Around 600 million Africans still lack reliable access to electricity, which is nearly half the continent’s population and more than 80 per cent of the global electricity access gap. Credit: Raphael Pouget / Climate Visuals Countdown via UNDP
This access is one of the key ingredients to accelerating the continent’s progress – powering homes, schools, hospitals, and businesses, towards unlocking the continent’s full potential.
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08/02/2025
Sudan: Civilian Death Toll Triples in Just One Week. Artillery Shelling, Airstrikes, Drone Attacks Devastate Populated Areas
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The civilian death toll in Sudan has surged dramatically, with at least 275 people killed between 31 January and 5 February, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Friday.[].
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07/02/2025
‘She had a syringe, razor blade, and bandages’: Surviving Genital Mutilation
Human Wrongs Watch
By Fabrice Robinet
( UN News)* — Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and can suffer lifelong physical, emotional and psychological scars, an issue that the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency has been tackling with the support of the international community including the United States.
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07/02/2025
Goma: What Have We Done to God to Deserve All This?
Human Wrongs Watch
Two weeks after Goma was captured by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, many families who lost their loved ones are begging for peace. Some of them have had no news of their loved ones, while others have already identified their relatives, civilians and soldiers, who died during the fighting in the city.
M23 fighters at border between Rwanda and DRC. At least 2,800 people have died in renewed hostilities. Credit: Ajabu Adolphe/IPS
– Zawadi Delphine is a soldier’s wife and mother of three. She and her family live in Camp Katindo, east of the city of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu.
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06/02/2025
Is It High Time to Phase Out Int’l Laws, Conventions, Accords, Summits…?
Human Wrongs Watch
By Baher Kamal*
US president, Donald Trump, on 4 February 2025, announced his plan for the Middle East: the US to take control of Gaza, 2 million Palestinians to be evacuated to Egypt and Jordan, and to build in Gaza an international touristic resort… World’s human rights organisations stated that the plan violates international laws and amounts to “ethnic cleansing“...
On 10 December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Declaration setting out, for the first time, the fundamental human rights that should to be universally protected.
Born from the atrocities of World War II, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was the world’s first comprehensive statement of universal human rights.
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UN Photo/Greg Kinch | An early draft of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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06/02/2025
U.S. White House Executive Order Raises Concerns for Its Support to the UN
Human Wrongs Watch
– A new executive order from the United States White House calls for withdrawing support from major UN entities and a review of all international intergovernmental organizations which the United States is a member of.
Coly Seck (at microphone), Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Senegal to the United Nations, briefs reporters with Members of the newly-elected Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP Bureau). At fourth from right is Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations. Credit: UN Photo: Manuel Elías
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04/02/2025
Eastern DR Congo: Increasing Risk of Mpox Transmission: World Health Organization
Human Wrongs Watch
By Vibhu Mishr
(UN News)* — The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many mpox patients to flee treatment centres, increasing the risk of transmission, the UN health agency (WHO) warned on Monday [].
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03/02/2025
Congo’s War: From Genocide to Living by Genocide
Human Wrongs Watch
By Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Rwanda –> the Israel of Africa
29 Jan 2025 – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains one of the most volatile regions in the world, plagued by persistent conflict, exploitation, and foreign interference.
Raïs Neza Boneza
The ongoing offensive by the M23 rebel group in the eastern part of the Congo, backed by Rwanda, highlights the complex web of geopolitics and resource exploitation that fuels instability in the region.
This conflict is more than a localized struggle; it represents a broader pattern of global economic interests undermining the sovereignty and well-being of African nations.
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02/02/2025
DR Congo: “Millions of People Were Already Displaced by Years of Conflict. With the Current Alarming Upsurge in Fighting, the Dire situation Is Rapidly Becoming Very Much Worse”
Human Wrongs Watch
By the International Organization for Migration (IOM)*
Kinshasa, 31 January 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), is deeply concerned about the hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced over the last few days in Goma, North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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An upsurge in heavy fighting and violence in recent days has forced people– some already previously displaced – out of their homes.
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