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Humanitarian Aid
World News in Brief: DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll
The world’s leading humanitarian action forum on Tuesday said that crushing levels of violence and displacement are fuelling unprecedented civilian…
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World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper’s death sentence
The international community must take immediate action to end the wave of sexual violence being carried out against women and…
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World News in Brief: Green light for new cholera vaccine, Ukraine attacks condemned, action against racism call, Brazil rights defenders alert
A new oral vaccine for cholera has been given the green light for manufacture by the UN health agency allowing…
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World News in Brief: Rights chief Türk urges peace in DR Congo, Haiti aid update, food insecurity in Timore Leste
UN human rights chief Volker Türk this week met survivors of massacres in eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of…
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Humanitarian Aid
News Roundup: Sudan faces potential famine, millions in need near Ukraine frontier, and space offers opportunities for all
UN humanitarians in Sudan issued a fresh alert on Friday about pervasive food insecurity and looming famine. After nearly a…
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Humanitarian Aid
Updates: Huge Shipwreck near Djibouti, More Drone Strikes on Ukraine Nuclear Plant, Madagascar Cyclone Update!
At least 38 migrants – including women and children – died when their overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of…
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Humanitarian Aid
Get the Latest Scoop: Reaching Out to Haiti, Lebanon’s Protest Buzz, Iran’s Freedom Bash, and Health Care for the Displaced
UN humanitarians on Monday made clear the emergency response in Haiti’s capital continues despite ongoing insecurity caused by months of…
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Peace and Security
Security Council Gives Thumbs Down to Attacks in DR Congo, Major Cholera Testing Breakthrough, Give a Big Yes to ‘My Health, My Right’ Campaign!
In a statement following a briefing last week by Bintou Keita, the head of the UN mission, MONUSCO, ambassadors condemned…
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Economic Development
Senegal, Peacekeepers Keeping It Cool in Lebanon While Forced Labor Rakes in Huge $236 Billion Yearly!
In an alert, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said that this increase had been fuelled by the growing number of…
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Humanitarian Aid
Rights Chief in Shock over Uganda’s Anti-LGBT Law, Haiti Update, Aid for Sudan, Egypt Executions Alert – Yikes!
In a statement, Volker Türk urged authorities in Kampala to repeal it in its entirety, together with other discriminatory legislation…
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