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South Sudan may go in flames, UN warns

Saad Huzaifa August 19, 2025

South Sudan The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, on Monday said security and humanitarian conditions in South Sudan were deteriorating. In a briefing to the Security Council, she said recent military offensives have resulted in deaths, displacement,

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UN report indicates DR Congo, Somalia tops cases of sexual violence

Howard Mildilton August 15, 2025

United Nations A new United Nations report says the number of conflict-related sexual violence cases reported in 2024 increased by 25 percent from the previous year. “The highest number of cases was reported in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Somalia, and South Sudan,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. He […]

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Nations to take final decision on plastic pollution

Kristi Lucas August 14, 2025

United Nations With just hours left to reach a deal on plastics, negotiators in Geneva were scrambling Wednesday to resolve a deadlock caused by “red lines” of member countries. Nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution at the United Nations office in Switzerland. “To be honest, we need a breakthrough […]

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UN condemns violence in Eastern Congo

Andrew Mbeki July 25, 2025

Congo The United Nations denounced on Thursday the renewed violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri Province, where armed groups have carried out deadly attacks against civilians. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, expressed grave concern over the situation, particularly the actions of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which he said

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Tackle climate change now UN court says

Kristi Lucas July 23, 2025

United Nations The United Nation’s top court says failing to protect the planet from climate change could violate international law.   Nations failing to tackle climate change could violate international law, the United Nations’ top court said on Wednesday, and the consequences could be expensive.   In a landmark advisory opinion, the International Court of

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UN creates panel to examine effects of nuclear war

Oakley Mason July 20, 2025

United Nations UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed an independent scientific panel of 21 experts to examine the physical and societal consequences of a nuclear war. The panel would examine the consequences of war on a local, regional and planetary scale in the days, weeks and decades following such an event. The creation of the […]

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UN urges renewed political and climate action in Libya

Saad Huzaifa June 25, 2025

Libya The United Nations has renewed calls for coordinated international efforts to support Libya’s political transition and address mounting humanitarian and climate-related challenges. Speaking at a high-level meeting on Libya, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), hailed the recent