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Middle East
FIRST PERSON: Human trafficking, migrant smuggling, still significant threats in Asia
Human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants are going to remain significant threats to human security, that’s according to a…
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Middle East
First Person: A refuge from COVID misinformation
The COVID-19 inoculation is “just like any other vaccine” a UN Women staff member is telling the Syrian refugee women she…
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Africa
First Person: From a life of violence to a culture of peace
A young peace campaigner from Cameroon who turned his back on the violence prevalent in his hometown and became a…
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Africa
First Person: ‘I’m not old enough to be a woman’ says trafficked teen
A teenage girl who was sold for sex for the price of a few beers as a twelve-year-old, has told…
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Africa
First Person: An on-air antidote to misinformation in the Central African Republic
The citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) have endured decades of war and conflict. Merveille Yayoro, a young reporter…
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Africa
First Person: British UN peacekeeper stays on ‘A-game’ to keep Malians safe
A young soldier from the United Kingdom says he must stay on his “A-game” on patrol with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, to keep himself, colleagues and Malians safe in one of…
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Asia Pacific
First Person: Panic as COVID-19 ‘tsunami’ hits India
A UN staff member in India has described the huge upsurge in COVID-19 infections in her country in recent days…
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Asia Pacific
First Person: Rohingya refugees traumatized again, after devastating camp fire
A Rohingya refugee and volunteer for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has been telling UN News how his community…
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Asia Pacific
First Person: The Afghan woman putting her life at risk to rid her home of mines
Thanks to the bravery and hard work of deminers such as Fezeh Rezaye, the Afghan province of Bamyan has been…
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Africa
First Person: A diabetes fighter in Eswatini pours all her efforts into beating COVID-19
Dumsile Mavuso, the founder and head of Eswatini’s first national association for people with diabetes, is now bringing her knowledge…
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