African headlines
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Avoid ‘risky winner-take-all tactics’ in Somalia, UN Security Council hears
“Growing political tensions threaten Somalia’s State-building progress and even security”, Special Representative…
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Three killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo
A number of other passengers travelling with the delegation were injured. …
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FROM THE FIELD: The goats helping Zambians to reach economic independence
When Sylvia Chiinda’s husband died, she was left to raise seven children…
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‘Exercise restraint and calm’, UN chief urges after violent outbreak in Somalia
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Farhan Haq, Secretary-General António Guterres called on all parties to…
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DR Congo: Lives and futures of three million children at risk, UNICEF warns
Whole villages have been set ablaze, health centres and schools ransacked, and…
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Violence in South Sudan engulfs country, 10 years after independence ‘children all have guns’
Highlighting a continuing lack of local and national infrastructure almost a year…
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UN, African Union urge Somali leaders to resume talks to overcome election impasse
In a joint statement, Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson Moussa Faki…
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‘We had to run for our lives’: The pregnant women fleeing Tigray
“When you think about your future, you never plan to be uprooted…
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Secretary-General underscores need for peace and stability in Africa’s Sahel region
António Guterres addressed heads of State from the Group of Five for…
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Armed group atrocities creating havoc in eastern DR Congo: UN refugee agency
A record of more than 2,000 civilians were killed in three eastern…
