Africa
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Libya: ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’, ICC chief prosecutor tells Security Council
Accountability is an important step on the road to peace in Libya, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
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South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts
Failure to address domestic violence in South Africa is a violation of women’s rights, independent UN experts said in a…
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Invest in Sudan’s peaceful and sustainable future, UN chief tells Paris conference
Continued international support for Sudan is critical as the country undergoes a historic political and economic transformation, UN Secretary-General António…
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Tanzania helpline calls time on child marriage and abuse
Child marriage continues to affect many young girls across Tanzania, in East Africa, but now a series of interventions supported…
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UN condemns killing of aid worker in South Sudan
The top UN humanitarian official in South Sudan has called for law enforcement along roads following the first killing of an…
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Security Council denounces attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned Monday’s attack on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the…
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Free up ‘bottlenecks’ stifling Africa’s agri-food sector – FAO chief
The UN agriculture chief warned on Monday that severe underfunding of Africa’s agri-food sector has boosted food insecurity and was hampering…
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‘I am alive, but I feel like I am dead’: a migrant grieves the drowning of 3 children
Misrah, an undocumented migrant worker, and her family, left their home in Ethiopia hoping for a better life. Instead, her…
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Former LRA leader, ex-child soldier, sentenced to 25 years in prison
A former leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, who himself had been abducted by the rebel group…
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FROM THE FIELD: Uganda conflict survivor helps communities find ‘ways forward’
A Ugandan man who avoided being drawn into a decades’ long conflict as a child soldier, is dedicating his adult…
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