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UN, Malian police sign partnership deal to end sexual violence


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The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the Malian police have signed a partnership agreement aimed at stopping sexual violence during conflict. The agreement is the culmination of a…

U.N expresses concerns to violation reports from Ethiopia’s Tigray region


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The United Nations (U.N) rights chief, Michelle Bachelet said she was concerned with the increasing reports of continued violations and executions in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Bachelet who made the statement said abuses had been…

Re-appointment: Nigeria congratulates UN Scribe, Deputy


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President Muhammadu Buhari has warmly felicitated with the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres on his re-appointment for a second-term in office, and extension of Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed’s tenure for…

‘No evidence links Islamic militia to eastern Congo unrest’ – UN


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The United Nations in its recent investigations on Wednesday says that they had been unable to find evidence of direct support by the Islamic State for an Islamist militia in eastern Congo, which was blacklisted in March by Washington as a…

Border killings: Central African Republic, Chad seek further investigation


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The Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad have called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident at a border post in which at least six Chadian soldiers were killed by Central African troops, a joint statement…

UN says about 400,000 DRC’s Goma evacuees need support


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The United Nations (UN) said on Friday that about 400,000 people would need support or protection after fleeing the volcano eruption and a wave of aftershocks in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 32 people died when…

Famine: Urgent measures should be taken in Ethiopia’s Tigray – UN


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The United Nations’ top humanitarian official has warned that urgent measures are needed to avoid famine in Ethiopia’s embattled region of Tigray, in a Security Council briefing. “There is a serious risk of famine if assistance is not…

Cameroon sets ablaze illegal weapons in anti-terrorism fight


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Cameroon on Wednesday sets some illegal firearms on fire as part of efforts to fight crimes and eliminate threats from terrorism in the Central African nation. The destroyed weapons were those confiscated by defence and security forces, as…

U.S ambassador speaks on Africa’s economic recovery


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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, was briefing African media ahead of a UN Security Council debate on the root causes of conflict on the continent and its economic recovery from the coronavirus…

UN to release $65m to Ethiopia


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The United Nations(UN) announced that it has released $65 million for humanitarian aid in Ethiopia, including $40 million for the Tigray region where a military operation launched in November has escalated into a war in which widespread…