Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
February 22, 2019
The United States stands with the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) following that country’s historic transfer of power. The elections refl...
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February 22, 2019 Web Desk
General
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GENEVA Three leading United Nations agencies warn that more than half of South Sudan's population is suffering extreme hunger, and humanitarian aid is urgently needed.Nearly 7 million people in the country could face severe food shortages at the peak o...
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February 22, 2019 Web Desk
Education
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PRETORIA, South Africa's National Assembly has adopted a resolution to dissolve the Fifth Parliament, whose five-year term ends on May 10.This is in line with section 50 of the Constitution, which deals specifically with the dissolution of National Ass...
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February 22, 2019 Web Desk
Business
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JOHANNESBURG Businessman Collen Rameetsi wasn't concerned about his welfare when South Africa's power utility, Eskom, began implementing four-hour blackouts, known as load-shedding, last week to try to inch its way out of a debt and management crisis.H...
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February 22, 2019 Web Desk
Entertainment
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Zimbabwe heads to the polls on Monday for landmark elections, the first since Robert Mugabe was ousted in November after 37 years in power. But despite promises of a new corruption-free era, monitors, experts, and the opposition allege that once again ...
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February 21, 2019 Web Desk
General, News
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JUBA A South Sudanese rebel group says it is investigating accusations in a United Nations report that the group's fighters committed rape and sexual violence against civilians.Col. Lam Paul Gabriel, deputy military spokesman for the Sudan People's Lib...
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February 21, 2019 Web Desk
Entertainment
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VATICAN CITY The day began with an African woman telling an extraordinary gathering of Catholic leaders that her priestly rapist forced her to have three abortions over a dozen years after he started violating her at age 15. It ended with a Colombian c...
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February 21, 2019 Web Desk
Business
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