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Burundi: Human rights abuses continues, UN watchdog report

Human rights violations are still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder, a report by a UN watchdog…

September 18, 2020

NEWS: Mukwege Now Officially at DRC Residence under UN security

Armed Protection A United Nations safety element of armed guards is stationed at the Panzi Hospital close to Bukavu, Democratic…

September 11, 2020

DRC: Dr Denis Mukwege put under UN protection

Dr Denis Mukwege has been placed under the security of United Nations forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo after…

September 10, 2020

Breaking: Former Rwandan minister outlines her mission towards food systems – UN

Agnes Kalibata, the former Rwandan Minister for Agriculture, has been tasked with leading the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit. In…

September 6, 2020

Four countries at risk of famine – United Nations

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a danger of famine and tremendous meals insecurity in four international locations…

September 6, 2020

DRC: UN Calls to Investigate Death Threats Targeting Laureate Mukwege

A series of terrifying death threats — which began back in July, is being aimed at Congolese Nobel Peace Prize…

August 29, 2020

DRC: CODECO agrees to ceasefire

An armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a unilateral ceasefire. The Co-operative for the Development of…

August 24, 2020

Breaking: UN Denounces Malian Junta Post-Coup d’état

On Wednesday, The United Nations condemned the National Committee for the Salvation of the People i.e. the soldiers — headed…

August 20, 2020

NEWS: Kenya races to escape new plagues of locusts

Kenya is in a race to track locusts to stop a new plague from forming in East Africa and ingesting…

August 17, 2020

The World: Military closely monitoring N. Korea amid U.N. report on miniaturized nuclear devices

South Korea is carefully monitoring North Korea's nuclear and missile activities, the protection ministry stated Tuesday, following a media record…

August 4, 2020

Egypt: ‘President’s remarks contrary to UN treaties

Remarks by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on direct intervention in Libya are contrary to UN treaties and Security Council…

June 22, 2020

Breaking: Ethiopia rejects UN Security Council role in dam dispute

Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Gedu Andargachew has rejected Egypt’s call to refer the dispute over Addis Ababa’s construction of the giant…

June 21, 2020

UN reports highest number of refugees ever recorded

The UN refugee agency says the number of asylum-seekers, internally displaced people and refugees worldwide shot up by nearly nine…

June 18, 2020

Sahel armies accused of human rights violations

Soldiers from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger engaged in the fight against jihadists in the central Sahel have been accused…

June 5, 2020

Somalia: floods leave dozens dead – UN

Dozens have been killed in flooding in Somalia that has affected nearly 1 million people and displaced over 400 thousand…

May 18, 2020

United Nations Says Zimbabwe Needs Assistance

The United Nations has said that Zimbabwe is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis so acute that international assistance is…

May 18, 2020

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