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WASHINGTON - The executive director of the United Nations' World Food Program has wrapped up a visit to Sudan after helicoptering into the volatile South Kordofan region to assess humanitarian needs.David Beasley told VOA's South Sudan in Focus that th...
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October 28, 2019 Web Desk
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NAIROBI - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday called for the release of four journalists and their driver who were arrested while covering a deadly clash between Burundi security forces and rebels from neighboring Democratic Republic of the Con...
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October 25, 2019 Web Desk
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SANTIAGO, CHILE - Chile, grappling with violent protests that rocked the capital Santiago for days, will not let the riots derail plans to host two major global meetings in coming months, Foreign Minister Teodoro Ribera said Thursday.He said there was ...
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October 24, 2019 Web Desk
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Maria do Valle Ribeiro of Ireland as United Nations Resident Coordinator for Zimbabwe, with the host country's agreement.Ms. Ribeiro has more than three decades of humanitarian and develop...
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October 17, 2019 Web Desk
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LUSAKA PROVINCE, ZAMBIA - New health classes and government partnerships with not-for-profits focused on menstrual health are improving education for girls in Zambia.In 2017, the government announced it would distribute free sanitary pads to girls in s...
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October 17, 2019 Web Desk
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