Algeria: Vote to get House
Algeria might witness its highest vote turnout ever during the presidential elections to be held on April 17. The current government has promised brand new homes to millions of citizens currently living in the slums
Published : 17 April 2014
Palestine: Self-demolitions in East Jerusalem
In the Shu’Fat neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, Palestinian Iyad Al-Shaer stood inside the gutted interior of a modest breeze block structure. The building, an addition to Iyad’s own home, was set to be a new
Published : 15 April 2014
Habitat III Expectations @ WUF7
The Housing and Land Rights Network of Habitat International Coalition (HIC-HLRN) is organizing a networking event at the World Urban Forum 7, Medellín, Colombia to present civil society´s expectations and needs from the process and
Published : 11 April 2014
CSOs Oppose Privatization Post-2015
After a lengthy process of consultation and deliberation, talks over the post-2015 sustainable development agenda are now moving into the cut and thrust of practical negotiation. As the process enters this more overtly political phase,
Published : 11 April 2014
HIC and Local Authorities Seeks WUF-7 Correction
Joint Declaration of Habitat International Coalition (HIC), the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of UCLG,[1] the Forum of Peripheral Local Authorities (FALP) and Mercociudades regarding the 7th World Urban Forum 4 April
Published : 04 April 2014
HIC and Local Authorities Seek WUF-7 Correction
Joint Declaration of Habitat International Coalition (HIC), the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of UCLG,[1] the Forum of Peripheral Local Authorities (FALP) and Mercociudades regarding the 7th World Urban Forum 4 April
Published : 04 April 2014
Syria: Rebels Targeting Armenian Homes
Reports cite 80 dead; civilian hostages; desecrated churches The following statement was released by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Press Office today KESAB, SYRIA - The Armenian populated villages of Kesab, Syria were the target of three days
Published : 24 March 2014
Palestine/Israel: "An Ugly Map"
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas showed [U.S. President] Barack Obama what his negotiator called “a very ugly map” of recently constructed Israeli settlements on Palestinian land, amid concern peace talks may be about to fall apart. His
Published : 19 March 2014
UN Expert: “Jordan in Constant Water Crisis"
AMMAN/GENEVA (Issued as received)—The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, called on the Government of Jordan to take a holistic approach to its water
Published : 17 March 2014
