All posts tagged "UN"
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331AgricultureUN emergency fund allocates $45 million to stave off famine risk in the Horn of Africa
AFRICA – Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock has Wednesday June 5 allocated US$45 million from the Central...
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338NEWSSudan military rulers kill sixty in fresh raid at Khartoum sit-in
KHARTOUM – Al Jazeera in Sudan reports the number of people killed since security forces stormed a protest camp in the capital...
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390HealthDR Congo: UN Strengthens effort against Ebola despite insecurity
KINSHASA – Although the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to make headway thanks to the determination...
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424HealthUN strengthens Ebola response in DR Congo, appoints new emergence coordinator
KINSHASA – With the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo now in its tenth month and the number of...
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321NEWSUN highlights need to solve growing burden of forcibly displaced Africans
NEW YORK, US – With 24.2 million Africans forced from their homes in 2017 ̶ 4.6 million more than the previous year ...
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385Tours & TravelAfrican elephants under continued threat of poaching, report
NEW YORK, US – An updated assessment by a United Nations Environment Programme-administered treaty has confirmed that poaching continues to threaten the...
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381NEWSOver 50M people in East, North Africa suffer chronic undernourishment, report
NEW YORK, US – Hunger continues to rise as conflicts and protracted crises have worsened in the Near East and North Africa...
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382HealthDR Congo: Guterres commits ‘whole’ UN system to help ‘end Ebola outbreak’
NEW YORK, US – Now in its tenth month, the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed...
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370NEWSAfrica: UN, AU in ‘common battle’ for development and climate change financing
NEW YORK, US – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a “quantum leap” in funding for development and climate change for...
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354NEWSUN aid teams scramble to reach ‘most remote places’ cut off by Cyclone Kenneth
NEW YORK, US – Humanitarian affairs coordination office, OCHA, reported that heavy rains had paused in the morning around the coastal city...
