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Colombia: Pockets of insecurity challenge ‘vibrant democracy’, Security Council told

“The high voter turnout on 21 June is a sign of the strong desire of Colombians to make their voices heard within a vibrant democracy,” said Miroslav Jenča, the UN chief’s Special Representative for Colombia and head of the UN Verification Mission, which monitors the 2016 Peace Agreement tha...

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Sudan: ‘El Obeid must not become the next crime scene’ warn UN investigators

The mission found “indicators of a genocidal path” in a report released in February. The new report bu...

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Restoring dignity: Senegalese surgeon and Burundian foundation win reproductive health awards

The UN's sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, announced on Wednesday that the individual...

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Use of explosive weapons ‘must stop’ in eastern DR Congo: Türk

The most recent conflict in the eastern DRC began in 2021 when the Rwandan-backed and Tutsi-led M23 militia took up arms against the Congolese military. The fighting, which traces back to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

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World must move faster on Ebola response for DR Congo: UN relief chief

Mr. Fletcher warned that while Ituri province remains the centre of the outbreak, the virus is spreading to other provinces due to conflict and displacement.Since the DRC declared the Ebola ou...

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New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities

“Cholera is back and it’s affecting several states, mainly in the western part of the country, the Darfurs and the Kordofans,” said Dr Shible Sahbani, UN World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Sudan. 

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South Sudan: UN acts ahead of drought to protect thousands

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of South Sudan on Friday 

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‘This is a fire’: DRC Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing ever, warns WHO

Speaking to reporters in Geneva after returning from Bunia in eastern DRC’s Ituri Province, at the heart of the outbreak, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said that with...

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West Africa and the Sahel: Terrorism is changing its face

Faced with this change, government responses are struggling to keep up, while a timid dynamic of regional dialogue is trying to regain momentum.Speaking before the Security Council on Tuesday, th...

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Looted gold and gum arabic are bankrolling Sudan's war, UN warns

In an alert on Wednesday, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, highlighted how the country’s warring parties have looted gum arabic and redrawn trading routes so that they can use the proceeds to perpe...

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