Child labour rises globally for the first time in decades
EMELINE WUILBERCQ CHILD labour has risen for the first time in 20 years, the United Nations has said, with one
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Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident
CHAD and the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident
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At least 55 killed in DRC attacks – UN
AT least 55 people were killed overnight in two attacks on villages in eastern Congo, the United Nations has revealed,
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UN alarmed at Tigray detentions
THE United Nations refugee agency voiced deep concern at reports of soldiers taking hundreds of people away from displacement camps
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US casts 45 vetoes, and counting, to protect Israel
THALIF DEEN THE UN Security Council (UNSC), the most powerful political body at the United Nations, has largely remained silent
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The UN’s Guterres, an incumbent with strong backing by Europe, is bound to win another term
BARBARA CROSSETTE IT was all over in one crucial week. Barring an unforeseen hitch, António Guterres is the clear winner of a
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From teaching to football, communities seen as key to ending use of child soldiers
EMELINE WUILBERCQ Listening to local communities is key to meeting a global goal of ending the use of children by
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Millions face hunger as Myanmar crisis worsens, United Nations says
POPPY McPHERSON FOOD insecurity is rising sharply in Myanmar in the wake of the military coup and deepening financial crisis
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Tribal clashes death toll climbs to 56
THE death toll from days of tribal clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur has risen to 56, with 132 wounded, the
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50 dead, 132 injured in Sudanese city of El Geneina
SUDAN’S government has declared a state of emergency in West Darfur state after at least 50 people were killed and
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