Not long ago, people wrote letters by hand. But like many things eclipsed by modern technology, handwritten letters are less common than they used to be. Now, that technology has started writing those letters. VOA’s Julie Taboh introduces us to handwriting robots in this week’s episode of LogOn…
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, said today that Israel has committed numerous acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip. Albanese added in her report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva that the nature and overwhelming scale of the Israeli attack on Gaza…
The Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (FMHAPA), Abel Enitan, has said an estimated 64.5 million individuals require assistance and protection in the West African region. He disclosed this at the regional workshop on the validation of baseline data on the humanitarian needs assessment of Persons of Concern – IDPS…
U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons after nearly three years of trying to tackle mounting crises in Ukraine, Gaza and Africa. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq made the announcement Monday. U.N. Secretary-General Antóni…
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GENEVA – A United Nations expert told the global body’s Human Rights Council on Tuesday that she believed that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza since Oct. 7 amounted to genocide and called on countries to immediately impose sanctions and an arms embargo…
Scientists have revealed a new report that suggests that our species – Homo sapiens – emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago. By analysing the modern and ancient genomic data for Europeans and Asians, researchers concluded that modern humans descended from Africa before migrating out of the continent 60,000 to 70,000 years ago…