Spiking insecurity and instability in Africa's Sahel region indicates an urgent need to resolve the long-standing dispute over Western Sahara, delegates told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today, as it concluded its general...
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October 16, 2018 Web Desk
Sports
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Delegates welcomed round table discussions on Western Sahara planned for Geneva in December and emphasized the importance of African Union support for that initiative, as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) continued its general...
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October 16, 2018 Web Desk
Education
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HARARE-- Zimbabwe's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is receiving treatment in South Africa for injuries sustained in a bombing in June at a campaign rally for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, state newspaper the Herald reported.Chiwenga, 61, a former ...
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October 16, 2018 Web Desk
Legal and Judicial Affairs, Legal-Judicial
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The following is a near‑verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary‑General.All right, good afternoon.
**Indonesia
The Secretary‑General is now back in New York. ...
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October 15, 2018 Web Desk
General, News
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Every Friday, IRIN’s team of specialist editors offers a curation of humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
On our radar:
Uganda erupts
More than 30 years after coming to power as a rebel movement in the wake of the...
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October 15, 2018 Web Desk
General, News
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Zimbabwe is currently suffering from an extreme outbreak of Cholera due to poorly managed water and sewage systems. The EU has provided over USD 1 billion in assistance. One of the aims of this package was to provide clean water for all; yet ...
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October 15, 2018 Web Desk
General, News
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The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary General.All right, good afternoon.**IndonesiaThe Secretary General is now back in New York. He arrived over the weekend after his tr...
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October 15, 2018 Web Desk
General
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