Africa’s urban planners face huge corruption pressures: some answers
CORRUPTION is commonly defined as the abuse of entrusted power for personal gain. Understanding and tackling corruption at the city-scale
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Breakthrough on draft Lybian constitution
THE United Nations secretary general’s special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said that the Joint Committee between the Libyan House
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America’s support for Ukraine raises more questions than answers
ABBEY MAKOE Why is the US using every opportunity to arm Ukraine to the teeth instead of investing in the
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U.N. investigators denied access to site of Mali killings
THE United Nations is “extremely concerned” that Mali has prevented its investigators from visiting a town where local troops and
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Part of aid convoy arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray region’s capital
TWENTY trucks carrying food aid entered territory controlled by Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigrayan forces the United Nations said, the first small
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Ethiopia fails at U.N. to block funding for independent abuse inquiry
MICHELLE NICHOLS ETHIOPIA failed at the United Nations in its bid to block funding for an independent investigation into abuses
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Russia-Ukraine war: decoding how African countries voted at the UN
IN recent weeks the world has witnessed the most tense moments in international relations since the end of the Cold
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U.N. investigating dozens of deaths in central Mali
THE United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said it was investigating allegations that dozens of people were massacred in the
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Female genital mutilation must end – Pope
PHILIP PULLELLA Pope Francis condemned female genital mutilation and trafficking of women for prostitution on Sunday, calling them humiliating affronts
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‘40% in Ethiopia’s Tigray lack adequate food’
GIULIA PARAVICINI FIFTEEN months of war have left nearly 40% of the people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region without enough food
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