Honoring courageous journalism
-CPJ’s 2017 International Press Freedom Awards Four inspiring journalists from Cameroon, Mexico, Thailand, and Yemen will be honored with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2017...
Category : World News
UN Sec General says “All we need is the will” to overcome grave global challenges
By Our Reporter United Nations Secretary General António Guterres says the “world faces many grave challenges” such as “widening conflicts and inequality” but “all that we...
Failure to protect rights of poorest women could undermine peace
-New UNFPA report warns UNITED NATIONS, New York, 17 October 2017–Unless inequality is urgently tackled and the poorest women empowered to make their own decisions about...
US withdrawal from UNESCO a blow for press freedom
By Courtney C. Radsch/CPJ Advocacy Director The U.S. government’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESC) will make the...
UNFPA wants girls empowered before, during and after crises
“Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways,” but they are enduring serious inequalities during disasters and conflict, United Nations Population...
US State Department applauds Liberia for holding democratic polls
“As a longstanding friend, the United States applauds the people of Liberia for exercising their democratic right to vote in the historic presidential and legislative...
Editorial: Serving the Public with Integrity-our mission
WE ARE ON a passionate mission with a vision to serving the public good with integrity, through credible, accurate, reliable, fair, balanced, responsible and courageous...