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Nicaragua continues to weaken political freedoms, UN warns

Mr. Ortega said on Sunday that the country would no longer hold elections, which were scheduled for next year. 

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‘Women do not stop giving birth in an emergency’ – one month after Venezuela quakes

Paula Narvaez, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, briefed journalists in New York on her recent visit to the country. Speaking from Chile, she said the earthqu...

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WHO warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak is outpacing response as Uganda reaches milestone

Addressing re...

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Breaking the silence: Zimbabwean youth leader calls for urgent investment in mental health

The tragedy exposed a stark reality: Many young people facing mental health challenges had nowhere to turn for support.“I saw the gap. I saw the need” she recalled. “As a young pe...

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Hunger deepens for displaced families in Sudan’s El Obeid

“We are providing even not the full food ration to the people, but even that reduced food ration is being shared by the recipients with other families, because they know that they don't...

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Djibouti: Emergency alert spotlights sharp hunger spike

“Urgent actions are more than necessary to reduce consumption deficits and vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of affected households to prevent their food situation from shiftin...

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UN refugee agency reports 144 migrants dead or missing off Mauritanian coast

The migrants, many of whom were refugees, spent 25 days stranded on a boat from The Gambia headed for Spain’s Canary Islands, highlighting the dangerous nature of this sea route.B...

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In El Obeid, Sudanese women face drones by day, rape by night, to reach water

Gender equality agency UN Women sounded the alarm this week over what it called a “dual terror” gripping t...

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After an Ebola centre was attacked, peacekeepers moved in next door

On 16 July, the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) deployed the base near the town of Ny...

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Hunger hampers Ebola response as cases top 3,200 in DR Congo

“Ebola feeds on delay, fear and hunger,” said Carl Skau, acting Executive Director of the Wor...

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