As Panama assumes the helm of the United Nations Security Council for August, its top envoy is placing maritime security ...

Ulf Laessing, head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Sahel program and based in Bamako, told PassBlue: “The US seems to be ...

Francesca Albanese, an Italian and UN human rights expert, has been sanctioned by the United States for her work regarding the Occupied Palestinian territory. The UN has protested the US sanctions by ...

A Nigerian police officer demonstrating a manual search drill to locate explosive ordnance as part of IED disposal training in Borno state in the country’s northeast, the epicenter of the continuing ...

The Landmines Between Free Speech and Hate Speech: Q/A With UN Expert - PassBluePassBlue: Politicians right or left in Europe, Asia or in the US eager to win elections are using tactics to win at all ...

In an exclusive video interview with PassBlue, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, breaks down the decades-long impasse over the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. “It’s even ...

Jennifer Locetta of Florida to be alternate representative for special political affairs in the UN, with rank of ambassador, who said, in part: “If confirmed, I will assess any proposal at the ...

An example of how such an approach is important is in Niger. For decades, the West African country has experienced devastating floods and droughts during the annual lean season. These events destroy ...

Dulcie Leimbach is a co-founder, with Barbara Crossette, of PassBlue. For PassBlue and other publications, Leimbach has reported from New York and overseas from West Africa (Burkina Faso and Mali) and ...