African headlines
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WFP feeds more than one million in Tigray, but needs support to reach more
WFP has been supporting people in the Northwestern and Southern zones affected…
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Drones deliver blood to prevent maternal death in Botswana
For women in Botswana, especially those living in remote communities where medical supplies and…
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Thousands in Goma evacuated amid fears of further volcanic eruption
Speaking at a UN news briefing in Geneva, Jens?Laerke, spokesperson for the…
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Grave concerns over ‘dire’ and deteriorating situation in war-torn Tigray region
In an alert, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, said that it was…
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Use Africa’s rich heritage as ‘catalyst’ for transformation, urges Guterres
Opening the 2021 Africa Dialogue Series, Secretary-General António Guterres said that the…
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Somali leaders walk ‘back from the brink’, resume talks on critical elections
James Swan, UN Special Representative for Somalia and head of the United Nations…
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Libya: Ceasefire, planned elections, offer rare window of hope, Security Council hears
Ján Kubiš, who is the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Libya and heads…
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Sexual violence survivors in DR Congo caught in crisis of ‘catastrophic magnitude’
‘The men broke my body and shattered my soul’ “We waited for…
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Fresh attacks, dire conditions plague Africa’s Sahel, Security Council hears
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, told delegates that the fight against armed groups…
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South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) visited the…
