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UN welcomes ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon
UN Welcomes Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Agreement. The United Nations has expressed strong support for the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon,…
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Donald Trump offers Elise Stefanik job as US ambassador to UN
Former President Donald Trump has reportedly offered Representative Elise Stefanik the position of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, sparking…
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Israel strikes north Lebanon, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers
Israel expanded its targets in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people in an…
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UN says Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeeper base
The United Nations (UN) said on Sunday that Israeli tanks had burst through the gates of a base of its…
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UN demands Israel end unlawful presence in Palestinian territories
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end “its unlawful presence in the…
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UN experts criticise Western states for continuing to support Israel
UN human rights experts criticised mostly Western states on Monday for continuing to support Israel despite what they described as…
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UN top official condemns Israel air strike on shelter in Gaza
The UN’s top official in the Middle East has condemned today’s deadly airstrike by Israel, on a densely populated area…
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UN releases $100 million to support 10 underfunded crises
The United Nations has released $100 million to support 10 underfunded humanitarian crises in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the…
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UN agency concerned about spread of bird flu in Asia-Pacific
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation on Thursday called for an urgent and unified response to an “alarming” rise…
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SA welcomes stronger ICJ order on Israel
South Africa on Friday welcomed an order by the International Court of Justice to Israel to halt its offensive in…
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Israel says South Africa has weaponised the term genocide
The state of Israel says South Africa has presented a “profoundly distorted factual and legal picture” of claims of genocide…
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UN agencies voice anger at Gaza hospital attacks, depravation
UN officials voiced anger and disbelief on Tuesday about the situation in Gaza hospitals, where injured people do not have…
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UN demands ceasefire in Gaza as Israel, US show increasing divisions
Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war against Hamas as the United Nations demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in…
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UN warns Gaza fuel shortage will stop aid work by end of day
The main UN aid agency in besieged Gaza warned it will have to stop operations by the end of Wednesday…
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UN experts say Israeli actions in Gaza violation of international humanitarian law
Following the devastating loss of over 500 innocent lives as a result of an Israeli air strike on a hospital…
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South Africa calls for immediate cessation of violence between Israel & Palestine
South Africa called for the immediate cessation of violence, restraint, and peace between Israel and Palestine. The conflict’s bloodiest escalation…
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UN approves Haiti force after year of pleas
The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led mission aiming to bring stability to Haiti, a year after…
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Somalia asks UN to delay peacekeeper drawdown after significant setbacks
Somalia has asked the United Nations to pause a planned drawdown of 3 000 African Union peacekeepers for three months…
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UN sanctions in Mali to end after Russia vetoes resolution
Independent UN sanctions monitors reported to the Security Council this month that Mali’s troops and its foreign security partners, believed…
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UN warns of humaniritarian emergency in Sudan
The war in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions as the viral conflict, coupled with hunger, disease…
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UN wants Sudan sides held to account as 3 million flee
The United Nations on Wednesday said nearly three months of war in Sudan have uprooted more than three million people,…
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Cutting output could worsen living standards, says Shell
Shell’s chief executive told the BBC on Thursday that cutting gas and oil output would be “irresponsible” because it could…
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Rwanda genocide fugitive Fulgence Kayishema to seek asylum in SA
Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwanda genocide, will apply for asylum in South Africa,…
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Health Minister to open 11th AIDS Conference
The 11th South African AIDS Conference gets underway in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday. Deputy President Paul Mashatile as Chair of the…
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Nelson Chamisa pours heart out to SADC team ahead of Zim elections
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s pleas have finally been heard. He sat down for over three hours with a…
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Minister Mchunu signs water resource MoUs with Finland & Netherlands
To enhance measures to ensure water security in the country, water, and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu has set the wheels…
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UN: Cyclone Freddy leaves half a million displaced in Malawi
The deadly cyclone that lashed Malawi last week has displaced more than half a million people in the country, the…
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Women march as rights under threat across the globe
Women will hit the streets en masse across the globe on Wednesday to defend rights that are coming under increasing…
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Elon Musk says will restore suspended Twitter accounts of journalists
Elon Musk said late Friday he would reinstate the Twitter accounts of several journalists who were suspended after he accused…
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President Ramaphosa & Joe Biden discuss ongoing Ukraine crisis
President Cyril Ramaphosa is calling on the UN Secretary-General to engender dialogue on the crisis in Ukraine. He was addressing…
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UN raises alarm on Red Sea oil tanker time-bomb
The UN appealed Tuesday for the last $14 million needed to try and prevent a stricken oil tanker from triggering…
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GBV remains major obstacle in achieving meaningful gender equality, says Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the prevalence of gender-based violence remained one of the country’s biggest obstacles toward achieving full,…
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UN to ensure KZN floods funds are used properly
The UN will monitor how funds it’s donated to KwaZulu-Natal flood relief will be spent. The body is providing R21-million…
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United Nations contributes R21 million to KZN relief fund
The United Nations is contributing R21 million to support the government’s relief efforts in flood-stricken KwaZulu-Natal. The province is still…
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University of Johannesburg appoints Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as its new chancellor
The former South African deputy president and UN) Women director, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, has been appointed as new Chancellor of…
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World Bank & UN say pandemic impact on education more severe than predicted
Lengthy pandemic school closures have cost students trillions of dollars in lifetime earnings, the World Bank and UN agencies said…
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Questions raised as Miss SA Lalela Mswane appears in Israel amid travel ban
As the world marks the UN’s Day for Palestinian Solidarity, activists have expressed sadness over the Miss SA’s presence in…
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G20 under pressure to deliver on climate ahead of UN talks
G20 leaders launched a desperate push Sunday to agree a joint approach to tackling climate change, with officials working through…
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UN releases emergency funds in support of Afghan people
Following the plea from Afghanistan officials to the international community to assist the Afghan people, the United Nations has stepped…
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COVID-19: WHO warns of new wave in Africa
The World Health Organization on Thursday warned of a new wave of COVID-19 infections in Africa due to delayed vaccine…
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RET is what the Freedom Charter anticipated, says Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says it is inconceivable for liberation to have any meaning without the…
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UN says four peacekeepers killed in north Mali attack
The United Nations mission in Mali said on Friday that four peacekeepers were killed and several others injured in an…
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President Ramaphosa bemoans rise of nationalism
President Cyril Ramaphosa has raised concerns about the rise of nationalism in the world. He said this is becoming evident…
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SA military plane’s engine caught fire on landing – UN
A South African military transporter carrying 67 people caught fire on landing in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma…
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UN launches probe after peacekeepers suspected in DRC protest death
The UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo said it was launching a probe after gathering evidence that its troops may…
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Turkey assault could displace 400,000 in Syria – UN
The UN had said Friday that some 100,000 people had already been forced to flee their homes since the beginning…
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Car bomb kills two UN personnel in Libya’s Benghazi
A Libyan lawmaker is also feared to have been abducted by an armed group in the eastern city, the UN…
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UN official blasts violence against Ebola teams in DRC
The UN special representative to DR Congo has blasted rumours that the world body was trying to cash in on…
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Ebola death toll to pass 1,000: UN
The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed nearly 1,000 people, the UN said on Friday,…
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UN demands justice for 535 people killed in Congo massacre
The people behind a massacre that left at least 535 villagers dead in Congo in December must be brought to…
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