More than 200 children were raped in Sudan since the beginning of 2024, UN children's agency saysChildren as young as a year old have been sexually assaulted amid ongoing conflict in Sudan, UNICEF reports. The agency documents 221 child...
04 Mar, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
World’s most dangerous countries in 2025The Emergency Watchlist for 2025 highlights escalating humanitarian crises in several countries, including Sudan, which tops the list due t...
09 Jan, 2025, 01.43 PM IST
Sexual violence on 'staggering' scale in Sudan civil war: UN probeRape and sexual violence are rampant in Sudan's civil war, with the UN accusing paramilitary groups, particularly RSF, of widespread abuses...
29 Oct, 2024, 04.18 PM IST
Why 'All Eyes on Congo’ is trending now on social media after ‘All Eyes on Rafah’?Following the 'All Eyes on Rafah' social media trend, a new movement, 'All Eyes on Congo,' is gaining traction online. This campaign aims t...
31 May, 2024, 03.04 PM IST
Are Iranian drones turning the tide of Sudan's civil war?Iranian-made drones have reportedly played a significant role in Sudan's civil war, aiding the army in gaining ground against the paramilit...
10 Apr, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
United Nations special envoy to Sudan to step downVolker Perthes, the United Nations special envoy to Sudan, has announced his resignation after being declared unwelcome by the country. The...
14 Sep, 2023, 12.23 PM IST
UN warns Sudan faces 'full-scale civil war' as air raid kills 22Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday,...
09 Jul, 2023, 03.10 PM IST
Flawed, dark and unapologetic: Cannes Film Festival showcases various shades of womanhoodFrom sex-offender to incompetent mothers, many films screened at Cannes this year re-defined what it means to be a woman.
26 May, 2023, 10.33 AM IST
European Union imposes sanctions for violence against womenMyanmar's deputy minister of home affairs Toe Ui is said to have allowed military security agents to "use forced nudity, rape, electro-shoc...
07 Mar, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
India deploys platoon of women peacekeepers in UN mission in Abyei"This will be India's largest single unit of women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission since we deployed the first-ever all-women's contingent in ...
06 Jan, 2023, 11.09 AM IST
United States cites China, Myanmar, Ethiopia in genocide reportThe report said the US continues to believe that China's actions against the Uyghurs constitutes a “genocide.” That finding was first annou...
13 Jul, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
UNSC sanctions regimes must be strengthened to list those involved in sexual violence against women in armed conflicts: India“When history looks back on this painful episode – as part of the long litany of battles fought on the bodies of women and girls, from Bosn...
15 Apr, 2021, 11.56 AM IST
Power of one million elected women influencing communities: Maneka Gandhi"During the last seven decades, we have achieved significant success by taking institutions for local self-govt right down to the local gov...
16 Mar, 2016, 12.29 PM IST
South Sudan's civil war is one of the worst conflicts on earth - with no end in sightThe Obama administration on Thursday placed sanctions on leaders from opposing military forces in South Sudan for their roles in the countr...
03 Jul, 2015, 01.12 PM IST
Nobel laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams urge Government to act against sexual violence"We are calling on the Indian government to endorse the declaration to end the campaign to stop rape and gender violence and conflict."
30 Sep, 2014, 02.43 PM IST
- UN classifies rape as 'war crime'
The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to persistent sexual violence during armed conflict, calling it a war crime and a compo...
20 Jun, 2008, 12.33 PM IST
- 3 lakh children recruited to fight in wars: UN
Some 250,000 to 300,000 children globally are being recruited to fight in armed conflicts in violation of international law, a UN official ...
31 Jan, 2008, 02.38 PM IST