Damilola Banjo is an award-winning staff reporter for PassBlue who has covered a wide range of topics, from Africa-centered stories to gender equality to UN peacekeeping and US-UN relations. She also ...

Arthur Bassas is a researcher and writer who graduated from St. Andrews in Scotland, majoring in international relations and terrorism. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and speaks English and French.

Afghan women resisting the Taliban’s repression, above. The essayist writes that although many women judges, like her, have escaped Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of August 2021, 68 women ...

President Vladimir Putin could face a special tribunal for the crime of aggression in Ukraine. But a core group of advocates pushing for creating such a court is divided on what it should look like.

Can Congo's 'Miracle Doctor' Keep Saving Women's Lives Without UN Security? - PassBlueOver the years, his hospital has become one of the largest medical institutions providing medical care for women ...

To rectify the underuse of the Charter tool, Pakistan will be holding a signature debate on July 22 on the peaceful settlement of disputes. The UN is often credited with preventing a third world war, ...

Two weeks after President Trump fired off a characteristically intemperate letter to the director-general of the World Health Organization, accusing him of incompetence in dealing with the Covid-19 ...

“We Can’t Breathe” protesters marched during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 20, 2020. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a global election monitoring group, is ...

Because of a shortage of men from early deaths in Russia, women are forced to stay in abusive relationships, believing that they are lucky to “get men,” an expert said. Muscovites, above, on the metro ...

Togolese peacekeepers assembling for the visit of El-Ghassim Wane, the head of the UN mission in Mali, to the contingent’s base in Douentza after a Dec. 8 terrorist attack killed seven fellow Togolese ...

Many Countries Cheer Gains to Ending the Death Penalty Globally, but Foes Harden Their Stance - PassBlueIt appears, too, that the positions on both sides of the death penalty have hardened. While this ...

At a clinic at La Fossette Health Center in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, nurses vaccinate babies, among other health care services. The pandemic could further erode Haiti’s stability, experts say, given its ...