United Nations

The United Nations, which made cholera endemic to Haiti after its peacekeeping forces introduced the disease to the country in 2010, now has a plan to pay individual Haitians or communities $400 million from a proposed fund. The organization continues to deny legal responsibility for the outbreak.

Last week, church members of Antioch Road to Glory International Ministries in Charlotte, North Carolina decided to endorse Donald Trump for president of the United States. Apostle Thomas Rodgers and his daughter, Katrina Rodgers – the executive secretary of Antioch Road to Glory International Ministries – spoke with Roland Martin on Tuesday’s edition of NewsOne Now […]

One 7-year-old girl from the Central African Republic said she was forced to perform sexual acts for French soldiers in exchange for water and cookies.

Earlier this month, a United Nations report revealed that French soldiers were forcing young boys in the Central African Republic to perform sexual acts on…

#ArkOfReturn:UN to unveil memorial in #NewYork honoring victims of transatlantic #slave trade http://t.co/Rz5feg8BBw pic.twitter.com/wk4Uy76c81 — UNIC Beirut (@UNICBeirut) March 25, 2015 For this year’s International…

During an upcoming, decade-long focus on the global black experience, a group of U.N. experts says it won’t be convenient for leaders to simply offer…

  While a nation sits on edge awaiting a grand jury’s decision in the Michael Brown case, parents of the slain teen, Lesley McSpadden (pictured left)…

Saturday, October 11th is the United Nations’ “International Day of the Girl Child,” and it just happens to come on the heels of 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize win.  Yousafzai was shot in the head at age 14 while riding a bus to school by Taliban members in Pakistan who objected to her efforts to […]

Speaking today before world leaders gathered in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, President Barack Obama called for a unified effort to quell growing…

If you asked the average Black person about the state of racism in America, you’ll likely be greeted with boos, hisses, eye rolls, and four-letter…

The stage has been set!  Musical artists from all over the world performed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City  on Friday, June…

World Humanitarian Day is August 19 and megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter joined Global Aid Organizations in bringing awareness to this pivotal day of unity and purpose. Performing in the United…