Israeli Bombs Kill 38 In Gaza As UN Warns Israel Of ‘Pariah’ Status
THREE Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City, following a day of bombardment that killed at least 35 people.
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UN Head Slams Security Council For Failure To End Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine Wars
UNITED Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Security Council is an “outdated,” “unfair” and “ineffective system” whose failure to put an end to.
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UN Warns Of ‘Staggering’ Economic Devastation In Gaza, Occupied West Bank
ISRAEL’s war on Gaza has devastated the Palestinian enclave’s economy, reducing it to less than one-sixth of its 2022 size, while there has.
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US Calls For Africa To Get Two Permanent UN Security Council Seats
THE United States called Thursday for two permanent seats on the UN Security Council to be reserved for African nations, alongside a rotating.
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Sudan Rejects United Nations Call For Peace Force To Protect Civilians
SUDAN’s military-led government has rejected a call by a UN fact-finding mission for the deployment of an international force to protect civilians from.
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World Humanitarian Day: 2023, Deadliest Year For Aid Workers, UN Says
THE UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday said 2023 was the deadliest year for humanitarian workers ever recorded..
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Officials At UN Security Council Push For A Permanent Seat For Africa
THE United Nations chief has called for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to reform its outdated structure and assign Africa a permanent seat.
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More Than 180,000 Displaced From Gaza’s Khan Younis In Four Days, UN Says
MORE than 180,000 Palestinians have fled bombardment around the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis in four days, the United Nations has said..
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Food Crisis: 82m Nigerians May Go Hungry Soon, UN Warns
THE United Nations has again predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030,.
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UN Investigators Probing Sexual Slavery In Sudan Detention Facilities
A FRESH UN fact-finding team examining abuses in Sudan’s brutal civil war said Tuesday it was investigating reports of sexual slavery in detention.
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UN Security Council Backs US Israel-Gaza Cessefire Plan
THE United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US resolution backing a ceasefire plan for the war in Gaza. The proposal.
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Israeli Military Kills More Than 200 In Attack On Central Gaza
THE Israeli military is conducting intense assaults across the Gaza Strip by air, land and sea, killing more than 200 people and spreading.
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UN Adds Israel To Blacklist Of Militaries Committing Violations Against Children
THE United Nations has added the Israeli military to a blacklist of offenders failing to protect children last year, Israel’s ambassador to the.
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Giant Step For Somalia With UN Security Council Seat
SOMALIA has won a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council – hailed as a significant step for the worn-torn nation. It.
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UN Estimates More Than 670 Killed In Papua New Guinea Landslide
THE International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to.
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World Ignoring Risk Of Sudan Genocide, UN Expert Says
SUDAN’s Darfur region is facing a growing risk of genocide as the world’s attention is focused on conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, a.
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UN Says 800,000 People Have Fled Rafah As Israel Kills Dozens In Gaza
NEARLY 800,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since Israel launched its offensive against the southern Gaza city last week, Philippe Lazzarini, the.
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5.9 Million Nigerian Children Face Severe Food, Nutrition Crisis – UN
THE United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, has said about 5.9 million Nigerian children face severe food and nutrition.
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Israel Still Denying Aid To North Gaza, United Nations Laments
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israel “impeded” and “denied” a significant number of aid missions to north Gaza in.
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UN Urges UK To Reconsider Rwanda Deportation Plan
THE UN called Tuesday on Britain to reconsider plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, warning it threatened the rule of law and.