‘More Than 50,000 Displaced By Clashes In Northern Ethiopia’
MORE than 50,000 people have been displaced by clashes in a disputed area in northern Ethiopia, the United Nations said, as the international.
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UN Urges Probe Into Libyan Activist’s Death In Custody
THE United Nations Support Mission in Libya called Sunday for an investigation into a political activist’s death while detained at an eastern military.
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At UN, Iran’s Minister Says It Will Make Israel ‘Regret’ Reprisals
IRANIAN Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday warned that Tehran would make Israel “regret” any attack on his country in response to the.
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UN Security Council For First Time Demands Gaza Ceasefire As US Abstains
AFTER more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time Monday demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after.
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Gaza: UN Secretary General Guterres Urges Immediate Ceasefire On Rafah Visit
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has made a renewed call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “It is time to silence the guns,”.
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US Calls For ‘Immediate’ Ceasefire At UN As Gaza Linger On
THE United States has circulated for the first time a draft UN resolution calling for an “immediate” ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as.
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Gaza’s Entire Population Facing Acute Food Insecurity, Blinken Warns
GAZA’s two million people are experiencing “severe levels of acute food insecurity”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. This was first.
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UN Confirms Abduction Of Over 200 Women IDPs In Borno
THE United Nations (UN) yesterday confirmed report of the abduction of female Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State. It puts the figure.
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Israel Blocks UN Food Convoy For North Gaza – UN Laments
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says its first attempt in two weeks to bring food aid to northern Gaza was blocked by the.
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War On Gaza: 9,000 Women Killed So Far – UN Women
THE UN agency championing gender equality, UN Women, has said the Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer.
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Food Scarcity: War-Torn Ukraine Sends Food To Nigeria
THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Thursday announced the donation of 25,000 tons of wheat from the Government of Ukraine that will.
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Gaza Has Become A ‘Death Zone’, Warns UN Health Chief
GAZA has become a death zone,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General told correspondents at a press briefing in Geneva. “Much of the territory.
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UN Security Council Sanctions Six DRC Armed Group Leaders
THE UN Security Council has sanctioned six senior members of armed groups operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where clashes with government.
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Top UN Court Rejects South Africa’s Request For More Gaza Measures
The UN’s top court Friday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the.
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Venezuela Suspends UN Rights Office, Expels Staff
VENEZUELA’s foreign minister said Thursday he had decided to “suspend the activities” of the UN rights office in the country and ordered its.
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UN Estimates At Least 17,000 Gaza Children Separated From Parents
THE United Nations said on Friday it estimates that at least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been left unaccompanied or separated.
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Sudan Civil War: UN Receiving Reports Of Starvation Deaths
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says it is receiving reports of people dying of starvation in Sudan, where a war has displaced millions.
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Nigeria To Defend Rights Record Before UN Council Today
NIGERIA will defend its human rights record before the United Nations Human Rights Council sitting in Geneva, Switzerland today (Tuesday). The UN Human.
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100 Days Of Killings: UN Says War On Gaza Staining Humanity
THE United Nations said on Saturday the Gaza war was “staining humanity” on the eve of its 100th day as Israeli Prime Minister.
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UN Helicopter, Passengers Abducted By Somalia’s Al-Shabab
THE Somali armed group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people, both passengers and crew, local sources have.