Archive for April 14th, 2019
“Children living in crowded shelters or away from their homes are at risk of diseases, exploitation and abuse,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, who visited Mozambique’s busy port city of Beira immediately after the cyclone hit.Citing on...
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April 14, 2019 Web Desk
General, News
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CAIRO, EGYPT Sudan's main protest organizers have called for the immediate handover of power to a civilian government in the wake of the military coup that ousted President Omar al-Bashir last week.On Sunday, the military council said it would name a c...
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April 14, 2019 Web Desk
Entertainment
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One month after Cyclone Idai devastated parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed to the international community to help some 1.6 million children still reeling from its impact. Children living in c...
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April 14, 2019 Web Desk
Business
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JOHANNESBURG Women are woefully underrepresented in technology, science, engineering and mathematics jobs in South Africa. But for the last decade, a homegrown, UNICEF-supported program has worked to bring 11,000 lower-income high school girls into the...
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April 14, 2019 Web Desk
General
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DESROCHES ISLAND, SEYCHELLES In a striking speech delivered from deep below the ocean's surface, the Seychelles president Sunday made a global plea for stronger protection of the beating blue heart of our planet.President Danny Faure's call for action,...
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April 14, 2019 Web Desk
Legal and Judicial Affairs, Legal-Judicial
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The impact of high levels of debt on development efforts cannot be overstated, the head of the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) told a Ministerial Breakfast Meeting on least developed countries (LDCs) on Saturday.While debt financing remains an i...
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April 14, 2019 Web Desk
Education
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