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UN Agencies are Failing Whistleblowers: The Case of the WHO Whistleblower
Transparency International

June 23, 2022

The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN review – a horrific tale of misogyny, rape and 10,000 deaths
The Guardian

June 21, 2022

UN sexual abuse claims 'must be investigated'
The BBC
June 21, 2022

Countries ask WHO to scale up reforms on sexual exploitation and abuse
Devex

May 26, 2022

Gambia’s Justice Minister Affirms Former President Jammeh’s Prosecution
The Alkamba Times

May 25, 2022

Former United Nations Employee Pleads Guilty To Assault And False Statements Charges, Admits To Sexually Assaulting Thirteen Victims And Drugging Six More Victims
US Department of Justice
May 24, 2022

New York Will Allow Adult Victims to Revive Decades-Old Sex Abuse Claims
The New York Times

May 23, 2022

UN rapporteurs say WHO failed DRC sexual abuse victims
Devex

May 23, 2022

WHO: UN expert urges continued action to prevent and respond to victims of sexual exploitation and abuse
OHCHR
May 23, 2022

Russia’s Powerful Perch at the UN Is Crumbling
PassBlue

May 16, 2022

Head of U.N. Agency Resigns After Questions Arise About Loans
The New York Times

May 8, 2022

What the Inventor of the Word ‘Genocide’ Might Have Said About Putin’s War
The New York Times

April 28, 2022

Ukraine: UN takes a step towards addressing ‘veto problem’ which stopped it condemning Russia
The Conversation
April 27, 2022

Liechtenstein’s ‘Veto Initiative’ Wins Wide Approval at the UN. Will It Deter the Major Powers?
PassBlue

April 26, 2022

U.N. votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council
The New York Times

April 7, 2022

Burundi Lifts Ban on BBC After Almost 3 Years
Voice of America

March 30, 2022

Amnesty International: Human Rights Situation Deteriorating in Zimbabwe
Voice of America

March 29, 2022

U.N. Security Council asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school
Reuters

March 28, 2022

Public Health Catastrophe Looms in Ukraine, Experts Warn
The New York Times

March 26, 2022

Zimbabwe elections: A rebranded opposition, same state violence
African Arguments

March 23, 2022

Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates
The New York Times

March 23, 2022

UNAIDS welcomes parliament’s decision to repeal the law that criminalizes HIV transmission in Zimbabwe
UNAIDS

March 18, 2022

Ukrainian Peacekeepers’ Departure From the UN Could Be ‘Severely Detrimental’ to the Congo Mission
PassBlue

March 16, 2022

Where Is the UN’s Guterres?
PassBlue

March 15, 2022

From Truth to Justice in The Gambia
Just Security

March 14, 2022

Outside the West, Putin is less isolated than you might think
The Washington Post

March 10, 2022

Ukraine to pull troops and equipment from U.N. missions
Reuters

March 9, 2022

Will Ukraine Bury Feminist Foreign Policies or Will It Reveal Their Power?
PassBlue

March 9, 2022

Activists Push Back Against Inequities for Women in Burundi
Voice of America

March 8, 2022

Ukraine takes its case against Russia to the U.N.’s highest court.
The New York Times
March 7, 2022

Germany charges Gambian man over crimes including reporter murder
AFP

March 3, 2022

How the Russia-Ukraine War Impacts Africans
Foreign Policy

March 2, 2022

Nigeria condemns treatment of Africans trying to flee Ukraine
The Guardian

February 28, 2022

Citizens Coalition for Change Activist Dies as Suspected Zanu PF Activists Attack Chamisa's Supporters Attending By-election Rally
Voice of America

February 27, 2022

We Will Crush Chamisa Like Lice – Chiwenga
New Zimbabwe

February 27, 2022

UNAIDS urges protection and continuity of health and HIV services for people living with and affected by HIV in Ukraine
UNAIDS
February 25, 2022

Could Ukraine strip Russia of its U.N. Security Council veto?
The Week
February 24, 2022

UK government accused of ignoring victims in efforts to tackle ‘sex for aid’
The Guardian

February 24, 2022

Russia, Ukraine & International Law: On Occupation, Armed Conflict and Human Rights
Human Rights Watch

February 23, 2022

A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment
The New York Times
February 15, 2022

Rights Group Criticizes Lifting of Sanctions Against Burundi
Voice of America

February 10, 2022

Burundi’s Vicious Crackdown Never Ended
Foreign Affairs

February 8, 2022

The retired Pope Benedict asked for forgiveness in his handling of sexual abuse cases when he was a Munich archbishop, but denied any misconduct.
The New York Times

February 8, 2022

‘Big Oil’ board members face hot seat over climate ‘deception’
Al Jazeera

February 7, 2022

Identification of fast-spreading HIV variant provides evidence of urgency to halt the pandemic and reach all with testing and treatment
UNAIDS

February 7, 2022

Democrats give oil leaders ‘last chance’ to testify
Energy News
February 4, 2022

Highly virulent HIV variant found circulating in Europe
Nature

February 3, 2022

Big Oil board members decline to testify in U.S. House climate panel
Reuters

February 3, 2022

Review: Toufah Jallow stood up to a dictator, launched an African #MeToo movement, all while working in a Toronto call centre to pay the bills
Toronto Star

February 1, 2022

Groundhog Day: The Global Edition
PassBlue
February 1, 2022

Experimental HIV vaccine, based on Moderna’s mRNA technology, now in clinical trial
Washington Post

February 1, 2022

Governments are ‘trying to muzzle WHO,’ says HIV activist
Devex

January 31, 2022

Countries demand answers from WHO amid racism scandal
Devex

January 31, 2022

Staffers complain of racism, abuse by WHO leader in Asia
Associated Press

January 27, 2022

UN terminates tech chief after sexual harassment claims
Associated Press
January 27, 2022

COVID vs. AIDS: A Tale of Two Plagues
The Village Voice

January 26, 2022

Five Years On, The Slow Wheels of Swiss Justice in Gambian Case
JusticeInfoNet
January 25, 2022

A Historic Verdict, and a New Front in the Global Fight for Human Rights
New York Times Magazine

January 25, 2022

Guatemala convicts ex-soldiers for raping indigenous women
BBC News
January 25, 2022

UN investigating alleged killings by CAR forces, Russia mercenaries
AFP
January 22, 2022

Rights groups want UN to ban Bangladesh’s RAB from peacekeeping
Al Jazeera
January 20, 2022

With More Girls Pregnant, Zimbabwe Pushes a Return to School
Voice of America
January 13, 2022

In Southern Africa, Success Against H.I.V. Offers Hope for Beating Back Another Virus
The New York Times
January 11, 2022

The Gambia: Will Yahya Jammeh be tried by an African court?
The Africa Report

January 6, 2022

AU, UN Urged To Take Action Against Jammeh
The Voice Gambia
January 4, 2022

A Bold Second-Term Agenda Is Still Guterres’ Best Bet
World Politics Review

January 3, 2022

The global AIDS response has lost a great champion
UNAIDS

December 26, 2021

Gambia commission says ex-pres Jammeh responsible for murder, torture and rape
Reuters

December 25, 2021

South Africa's high court orders former president Zuma back to jail
Reuters
December 15, 2021

The Nobel Peace Prize That Paved the Way for War
The New York Times
December 15, 2021

German diplomat expects ‘challenging debates’ on WHO funding increase
Devex
December 13, 2021

Longtime Biden aide appointed to lead UNICEF
Devex
December 10, 2021

Barrow speaks on Jammeh, reveals plans for truth, reconciliation committee report implementation
Premium Times (Nigeria)

December 7, 2021

Gambian President Barrow wins re-election; opposition cries foul
Reuters

December 5, 2021

Ex-president Yahya Jammeh's victims still waiting for justice ahead of Gambia polls
France24
December 2, 2021

How HIV and COVID-19 Variants Are Connected
Foreign Policy

December 2, 2021

World AIDS Day: Pandemics Thrive on Inequity
Health Policy Watch

December 1, 2021

Biden HIV/AIDS strategy calls racism 'public health threat'
The Associated Press
December 1, 2021

Seizing the Opportunity: Gambia’s Election After Dictatorship
Vanguard Africa

November 29, 2021

UNAIDS warns of millions of AIDS-related deaths and continued devastation from pandemics if leaders don’t address inequalities
UNAIDS

November 29, 2021

Will Gambians get justice after Barrow’s deal with Jammeh party?
Al Jazeera

November 28, 2021

Gambia to Publish Delayed Report on Ex-Dictator Jammeh
AFP

November 23, 2021

Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace laureate PM Abiy Ahmed says he’ll ‘lead army from battlefront’
The Washington Post

November 22, 2021

Looming mental health crisis and the buggery law
Jamaica Gleaner

November 22, 2021

Burundi opposition leader lambasts 'simplistic' US sanctions move
AFP

November 22, 2021

Zim moves towards HIV decriminalisation
The Herald
November 19, 2021

Gambia: The seat-warmer, the forever runner-up, and the return of Jammeh
African Arguments

November 16, 2021

A woman’s own body may have cured her of HIV, study finds
The Washington Post

November 16, 2021

Sri Lankan troops leave for UN peacekeeping mission to Central African Republic
Tamil Guardian

November 16, 2021

How to address the sexual violence epidemic in Ethiopia?
Al Jazeera

November 12, 2021

Portuguese UN soldiers investigated in anti-smuggling operation
The Guardian

November 8, 2021

Malawi sees child marriages double amid COVID crisis (video)
Al Jazeera
November 3, 2021

US Envoys Encouraged to Voice Dissent in New Diplomacy Policies
PassBlue
November 3, 2021

Summit concludes with a call for action to reinvent the response to the HIV pandemic and end AIDS in Western and Central Africa
UNAIDS

November 3, 2021

Elon Musk-WFP Twitter 'feud' raises accountability questions
Devex
November 3, 2021

Sudan's military dissolves transitional government in coup
CNN
October 25, 2021

World Bank mishandled sexual misconduct charges: report
France 24
October 18, 2021

NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19's impact on people living with HIV
Openly News
October 18, 2021

Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic
World Health Organization
October 14, 2021

Eastern Congo residents worried amid new Ebola case
Star Advertiser
October 9, 2021

Where are we on COVID-19 after a year of TRIPS waiver negotiations?
Devex
October 7, 2021

Russia’s Wagner Group committed atrocities in Central African Republic
The Times (UK)
October 4, 2021

WHO's Tedros under donor pressure to act quickly on Congo sex scandal - diplomats
Reuters
October 1, 2021

The Gambia delays report on former longtime leader Jammeh
Al Jazeera
September 30, 2021

President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Dr. John N. Nkengasong as Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally
WhiteHouse.gov
September 27, 2021

Court Declares Being a Housewife Payable Full-time Job
Kenyans
.co.ke
September 24, 2021

Church sued for marrying off young girls
The Herald (Zimbabwe)

September 20, 2021

Gambia Election 2021: Jammeh’s victims worried about ruling party alliance
RFI
September 19, 2021

Child marriage opponents await Massachusetts legislative action
Boston.com

September 18, 2021

Burundi: Allegations of Killings, Disappearances, Torture
Human Rights Watch

September 17, 2021

Pregnant women and children with HIV in Ghana struggle to access lifesaving medicine during pandemic
Public Radio International (PRI)

September 14, 2021

The U.N. has a plan to end AIDS by 2030. But Russia doesn’t like it.
The Washington Post

September 14, 2021

Congolese surgeon Mukwege seeks international criminal court to tackle impunity
Yahoo News

September 10, 2021

Gambia: “We Want Truth Commission's Final Report Binned”
Justice Info
September 9, 2021

Peter Sands: HIV, TB, and malaria needs even greater post-pandemic
Devex

September 9, 2021

Australia to support vaccine waiver after months of pressure from human rights groups
The Guardian

September 8, 2021

Gambia: Rights groups decry Jammeh's possible return
DW
September 8, 2021

COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says
Reuters
September 7, 2021

The Pandemic Has Set Back the Fight Against H.I.V., TB and Malaria
The New York Times
September 7, 2021

A Jordanian Diplomat With Development Expertise Will Lead UN Women
PassBlue

September 6, 2021

Gambia: APRC, NPP Agree On Jammeh's Return As Duo Form Alliance Ahead of Dec Polls
All Africa
September 6, 2021

Gambian President and Ex-Dictator Form Coalition Ahead of Polls
Bloomberg

September 5, 2021

The Pitfalls of UN Peacekeeping in Afghanistan
IPI Global Observatory

September 1, 2021

How Infant-Formula Makers Feed Off Fears of Covid
PassBlue
August 31, 2021

UDP vows to prosecute Jammeh-era perpetrators at manifesto launching
The Standard
August 30, 2021

U.N. Officials Downplayed Sexual Violence in Ethiopia in Leaked Call
Foreign Policy

August 27, 2021

Hissène Habré, Ex-President of Chad Jailed for War Crimes, Dies at 79
The New York Times
August 24, 2021

He Blew the Whistle on the Catholic Church in 1985. Why Didn’t We Listen?
The New York Times
August 24, 2021

Moderna's Experimental HIV Vaccine Could Begin Human Trials as Soon as This Week
Science Alert
August 18, 2021

Zimbabwe: Rights Group Calls for the Outlawing of Child Marriage and Pledging
All Africa
August 12, 2021

Breaking: Sudan to hand Bashir, other wanted officials to ICC: minister
France 24
August 11, 2021

Zimbabwe: ED Promises to Keep Military Well-Resourced
All Africa
August 10, 2021

Ethiopia: Troops and militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray conflict – new report
Amnesty International
August 10, 2021

Sudan takes 1st step towards joining International Criminal Court
Al Jazeera
August 4, 2021

Central African Republic: UN report calls for urgent end to mounting human rights abuses and violations
OHCHR
August 4, 2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, state attorney general report says
CNN
August 3, 2021

Still No Justice for Zimbabwe’s 2018 Post-Election Violence
Human Rights Watch
August 2, 2021

What challenges does the incoming UNICEF chief face?
Devex
July 26, 2021

The crisis in Haiti reflects the failure of the international community to stabilize the country
The Conversation
July 21, 2021

Should the Global Fund play a role in future pandemics?
Devex
July 21, 2021

PEPFAR Is Still Without a Leader. H.I.V. Activists Want to Know Why.
The New York Times
July 20, 2021

How COVID-19 changed the approach to HIV
Devex
July 19, 2021

Does the UN Pension Fund Really Need to Invest in Financial Derivatives?
PassBlue
July 17, 2021

Africa’s Covid Crisis Deepens, but Vaccines Are Still Far Off
The New York Times

July 16, 2021

America And The TRIPS Waiver: You Can Talk The Talk, But Will You Walk The Walk?
Health Affairs
July 13, 2021

Scanning the past: The League of Nations archive goes digital
The New Humanitarian
July 13, 2021

South Africa violence spreads to Johannesburg in wake of Zuma jailing
Reuters
July 12, 2021

Africa can’t be left to go it alone when it comes to Covid vaccines
The Guardian
July 10, 2021

Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in middle-of-the-night attack at his home
Miami Herald
July 7, 2021

Why aren’t diseases like HIV and malaria, which still kill millions of people a year, called pandemics?
Stat News
July 6, 2021

U.S. Urges Russia To Stop Violence In Central African Republic After Damning UN Report
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
June 30, 2021

Opinion: A 14-Year-Old Bride, Wed to Her Rapist, Playing on a Jungle Gym
The New York Times
June 19, 2021

'It was our children they killed': Russian mercenaries implicated in the torture and killing of civilians in Central African Republic
CNN
June 15, 2021

Young women in sub-Saharan Africa still the most affected by HIV/Aids
Independent Online (South Africa)
June 13, 2021

A U.N. Declaration on Ending AIDS Should Have Been Easy. It Wasn’t.
The New York Times
June 8, 2021

UN: Promoting Rights Key to UN Chief Guterres’ 2nd Term
Human Rights Watch
June 8, 2021

A pandemic anniversary: 40 years of HIV/AIDS
The Lancet
June 1, 2021

UK makes massive global health cuts
The Lancet
May 8, 2021

Are People Living With HIV More Vulnerable to COVID-19?
Managed Healthcare
May 3, 2021

US Weighs Loosening Vaccine Patents to Help Global COVID Fight
Voice of America
May 3, 2021

‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe
The Guardian
April 28, 2021

Opinion: A U.N. farce has tragic implications for feminist activists in Iran
The Washington Post
April 27, 2021

MSF urges rich countries to back COVID vaccine patent waiver
Al Jazeera
April 21, 2021

Special Report: Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray; women blame soldiers
Reuters
April 15, 2021

Whistleblowers detail new Oxfam misconduct allegations in Iraq
The New Humanitarian
April 15, 2021

Russia, the Current Big Spoiler in Advancing Global Gender Rights
PassBlue
April 12, 2021

Clinical trial brings an effective HIV vaccine a step closer
Medical News Today
April 12, 2021

The UN should stop playing politics with children’s lives
Al Jazeera
April 5, 2021

Reversing Trump, Biden Repeals Sanctions on Human Rights Prosecutor
The New York Times
April 2, 2021

A World Economic Forum report says the pandemic may set women back by a whole generation
The Washington Post
April 2, 2021

The world's poorest countries are at India's mercy for vaccines. It's unsustainable
The Guardian
April 2, 2021

The City Losing Its Children to H.I.V.
The New York Times
March 31, 2021

Paragon or prison? The furious debate about Rwanda and its autocratic president
The Economist
March 27, 2021

Reed Brody, The ‘Dictator Hunter’
The Standard
March 26, 2021

As Public Hearings Near End, TRRC Chairman Promise Justice to Victims
Gambia News 24
March 22, 2021

Germany detains former Gambian elite guard suspected of war crimes
Reuters
March 16, 2021

Haitian court orders UN peacekeeper to pay child support in landmark case
The New Humanitarian
March 12, 2021

Opinion: Don’t let intellectual property rights get in the way of global vaccination
The Washington Post
March 10, 2021

In Nepal and Across the World, Child Marriage Is Rising
The New York Times
March 8, 2021

Millions remain at risk as funding to stop violence against women fails to match need
The Telegraph
March 8, 2021

Optimism as rapists get life sentences
Daily Maverick
March 7, 2021

UN Should Suspend Sri Lanka from Peacekeeping Over Human Rights Abuses
Just Security
March 5, 2021

The Job of the World’s Top Humanitarian Official Is Open. Will a Briton Get the Post Again?
PassBlue
March 3, 2021

Abbott says researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have made findings that could lead to HIV vaccine
Market Watch
March 2, 2021

'God Forgive Us': Sole Survivor Of 2005 Gambia Massacre Testifies
Urdu Point

March 2, 2021

Thousands flee rebel violence in Central African Republic
AP
March 1, 2021

Don’t Let Drug Companies Create a System of Vaccine Apartheid
Foreign Policy
February 23, 2021

France Hired McKinsey to Help in the Pandemic. Then Came the Questions.
The New York Times
February 22, 2021

Vax the beloved country: How mountains were moved to get J&J vaccines to South Africa
Daily Maverick
February 21, 2021

Caught in Tangled Web of Vaccine Nationalism
IPS News
February 2, 2021

HIV antibody trial results offer 'proof of concept'
Fred Hutch

January 26, 2021

WHO recommends the dapivirine vaginal ring as a new choice for HIV prevention for women at substantial risk of HIV infection
World Health Organization
January 26, 2021

Africa's long wait for the Covid-19 vaccine
BBC News
January 22, 2021

Covid claims Zimbabwe’s foreign minister amid surge in cases
Mail & Guardian
January 21, 2021

U.S. FDA approves GSK unit's long-acting HIV injection
Reuters
January 21, 2021

CD4 count below 350 increases the risk of severe COVID-19
NAM Aidsmap
January 19, 2021

U.N. urges respect for LGBT+ Ugandans ahead of polls
Reuters
January 13, 2021

Moderna is developing three new mRNA-based vaccines for seasonal flu, HIV and Nipah virus
TechCrunch
January 11, 2021

Zimbabwean teen teaches taekwondo to fight child marriage
The Washington Post
January 5, 2021

First long-acting HIV treatment approved in Europe
European Pharmaceutical Review
January 4, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine supplies for Africa dwindling as Moderna opts out
The Globe and Mail
January 3, 2021

Central African Republic: Rebel Violence Threatens Elections
Human Rights Watch
December 23, 2020

New vaccine deals seek to overcome ‘vaccine apartheid’ in developing world
The Globe and Mail
December 18, 2020

‘These Girls Are Being Cut and Married in Droves’
The New York Times

December 10, 2020

McKinsey to Repay $44 Million, Testify in S. African Graft Probe
Bloomberg
December 9, 2020

H.I.V. Death Rates Fell by Half, C.D.C. Says
The New York Times

November 19, 2020

'A modern tragedy': millions miss out on latest treatments for TB
The Telegraph

November 16, 2020

Enough for Ebola, but not for pandemics? Why WHO emergencies work needs reform
Devex

November 12, 2020

HIV Prevention Trials Network: HPTN 084 Study Demonstrates Superiority of CAB LA to Oral FTC/TDF for the Prevention of HIV
HIV Prevention Trials Network

November 9, 2020

Covid set to cause 400,000 surge in TB deaths as medics diverted
The Guardian
November 8, 2020

Canada and other wealthier countries undermining efforts to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine, report warns
The Globe and Mail
November 1, 2020

A decade after U.N.-linked cholera outbreak, Haitians demand justice
Reuters
October 22, 2020

‘The biggest shift in TB care in decades’: Tuberculosis treatment time reduced by a third
Spotlight
October 21, 2020

From ‘role models’ to sex workers: Kenya’s child labor rises
Associated Press
October 20, 2020

Africa’s low COVID-19 death rate has multiple causes, WHO says
The Globe and Mail

September 24, 2020

The United Nations At 75: It Has Never Been More Needed Nor Under Greater Threat
Time
September 22, 2020

Nothing Happens When Women Are Raped in Nigeria
The New York Times

September 4, 2020

‘The Biggest Monster’ Is Spreading. And It’s Not the Coronavirus.
The New York Times
August 3, 2020

Vaginal ring to reduce the risk of HIV infection for women in non-EU countries with high disease burden
European Medicines Agency
July 24, 2020

Aid From Top Donors Drops Even as Need Soars
Associated Press

July 21, 2020

The Pandemic’s Toll on Women
Foreign Affairs

July 15, 2020

A Shot to Protect Against H.I.V.
The New York Times
July 7, 2020

AIDS 2020: Researchers describe a possible case of HIV remission and a new method to prevent infection
CNN
July 7, 2020

How will the world’s poorest people get a coronavirus vaccine?
The Guardian

June 24, 2020

Lockdown impacting on HIV prevention programme for adolescent girls and young women
Maverick Citizen
June 19, 2020

George Floyd’s Brother Urges U.N. to Investigate Police Killings in U.S.
The New York Times
June 17, 2020

United Nations Experts Urge Zimbabwe to End Abductions, Torture of Opponents
VOA News

June 10, 2020

People with HIV, TB have twice the risk of death from coronavirus, report finds
The Globe and Mail

June 9, 2020

U.S. Withdrawal From WHO Is Sad For Global Health And Bad For America
Forbes
June 3, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic could be ‘devastating’ for battles against tuberculosis, HIV and malaria
The Globe and Mail

May 22, 2020

No medicine, no food: Coronavirus restrictions amplify health risks to LGBT+ people with HIV
Reuters
May 20, 2020

To stop tuberculosis, learn 'the COVID lesson'
Devex

March 24, 2020

Report: South African State Hospitals 'Forcibly' Sterilized Women With HIV
Time
February 25, 2020

Not all homes are safe during lockdown: The never-ending tale of violence against women
Indian Express

February 7, 2020

How the neglected AIDS epidemic hits women and girls hardest
The New Humanitarian
December 2, 2019

‘I’m known as an activist.’ New UNAIDS leader takes charge
Science

November 27, 2019