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Global drug use reaches record high as increasingly potent synthetic drugs spread

“We have seen an unprecedented spike in new types of drugs on the market, and worryingly, some are more potent or dangerous than before,” said Monica...

Monica Juma: Steering global cooperation at a time of converging threats

The new head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says global cooperation is essential and already adapting as criminal networks...

Aid cuts leave at least one million women and girls without vital support

The warning comes in a new report, Beyond the Breaking Point, which finds that those providing essential services to women and girls are being...

New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities

“Cholera is back and it’s affecting several states, mainly in the western part of the country, the Darfurs and the Kordofans,” said Dr Shible Sahbani,...

World must move faster on Ebola response for DR Congo: UN relief chief

Mr. Fletcher warned that while Ituri province remains the centre of the outbreak, the virus is spreading to other provinces due to conflict and...

Restoring dignity: Senegalese surgeon and Burundian foundation win reproductive health awards

The UN's sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, announced on Wednesday that the individual award will go to Professor Serigne Magueye Gueye of Senegal,...

As deadly as war and as powerful as governments, global organized crime remains in the shadows

When people think of the world’s deadliest threats, armed conflicts usually come to mind first. Yet every year, organized crime quietly claims a comparable...

Global drug use reaches record high as increasingly potent synthetic drugs spread

“We have seen an unprecedented spike in new types of drugs on the market, and worryingly, some are more potent or dangerous than before,” said Monica...

Monica Juma: Steering global cooperation at a time of converging threats

The new head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says global cooperation is essential and already adapting as criminal networks...

Global drug use reaches record high as increasingly potent synthetic drugs spread

“We have seen an unprecedented spike in new types of drugs on the market, and worryingly, some are more potent or dangerous than before,” said Monica...

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