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UN warns Sudan’s health system faces total collapse
The United Nations is warning that the health system in Sudan now faces total collapse. This after a 24-hour ceasefire…
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India set to become most populous nation
India is poised to officially become the world’s most populous nation in April with over 1.4 billion people, according to…
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US, UN outraged over Ugandan hardline same-s.e.x bill approval
The United Nations and United States have added to international outrage over a Hardline Bill that the Ugandan Parliament passed…
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Somalia’s drought killed 43 000 last year, half under five: Study
Somalia’s ongoing record drought killed as many as 43 000 people last year, half of them children under 5, researchers…
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Afghan women most repressed in the world – says UN mission
Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping…
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SANDF soldier killed in DRC won’t deter SA involvement in peacekeeping missions
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise says the South African National Defence Force is still heartbroken from the loss…
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Mali expels UN mission’s human rights chief
The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission’s human rights division had…
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UN peacekeepers find mass graves in eastern Congo
The United Nations says mass graves containing 49 bodies have been discovered in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday,…
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Moscow accuses Ukraine of deadly air base attack
Moscow said on Monday it had foiled a new Ukrainian drone attack on a strategic bomber military base hundreds of…
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Pakistan to approach UN after blaming India for bombing
Pakistan will take a dossier to the United Nations alleging its neighbour India has backed incidents of terrorism, the foreign…
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West presses UN chief to inspect drones used by Russia in Ukraine
The United Nations is examining “available information” about accusations that Iran supplied Russia with drones, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said,…
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First UN aid convoy since ceasefire enters Ethiopia’s Tigray
Fifteen trucks carrying food aid entered Ethiopian Tigray region on Wednesday, the United Nations’ food agency said, as humanitarian groups…
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UN mission in DRC has temporarily withdrawn from eastern city of Butembo due to protests
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has pulled out of a large city in the…
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UN experts claim Rwandan troops have been fighting alongside M23 rebels in DRC
A group of United Nations (UN) experts say they have solid evidence that Rwandan troops have been fighting alongside the…
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Protesters ransack UN peacekeepers’ offices in eastern DR Congo
Hundreds of protesters attacked a United Nations peacekeeping force’s warehouse and looted offices on Monday in Goma in the eastern…
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SA Professor Marwala to head UN university
The United Nations has announced South Africa’s Professor Tshilidzi Marwala as the next Rector of the United Nations University headquartered…
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Global population to reach 8 billion by November 2022
The United Nations says the global population will reach 8 billion people on November 15th this year and India is…
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Explosion kills at least two UN peacekeepers in north Mali
At least two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five severely wounded in northern Mali when a logistics convoy hit…
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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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ILO: Collective bargaining helps narrow gender gap & advances equality
As the South African labour market grapples with the fate of collective bargaining in the light of recent challenges, the…
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