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Following the floods, nearly 70,000 people who have migrated to the Jonglei Canal are dependent on aid. However, the area’s isolation makes it difficult to distribute assistance, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). Many ...
About 4.8 million people require humanitarian assistance, according to UNICEF. At least 45 people were killed when Cyclone Chido hit Mozambique on Sunday, a provisional toll released Tuesday by the United Nations Office for the ...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Food Program (WFP) have been warning of rapid deterioration in conditions for the people of Sudan. A ...
France has long been accused of falsifying or hiding records, and accounts of the number of casualties have remained unclear. Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought ...
Latest estimates by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) show that forced labour and forced marriage have increased significantly in the last five years. The ILO has adopted a legally binding protocol to strengthen global efforts ...
The continent has been warming at about +0.3 °C per decade between 1991 and 2023, placing 2023 in the top three warmest years in the 124-year record, as highlighted by the WMO State of the ...
The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime is applicable to all forms of serious crime of transnational nature committed by organized criminal groups. More than two decades after its adoption it is among the ...
The impunity for crimes against journalists is likely to end through more awareness on role of media at a local level and trust building among key stakeholders such as journalists, police, and policy makers. Ending ...
The recent elections of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia and Kenya to the United Nations Human Rights Council raise complex questions, but they also offer an opportunity for these countries to improve their ...
Former Spanish colony Western Sahara remains Africa’s last non-self-governing territory.The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Western Sahara. The Security Council adopted on Thursday ...
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