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Moura: Over 500 killed by Malian troops, foreign military personnel in 2022 operation
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Moura: Over 500 killed by Malian troops, foreign military personnel in 2022 operation

That’s according to a fact-finding report from the UN human rights office (OHCHR) released on Friday, on what the Malian authorities had described as an anti-terrorist military operation against an al-Qaeda-affiliated group…

12 May 2023 · 2 min read

Sudan’s warring generals take ‘important first step’ on humanitarian protection
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Sudan’s warring generals take ‘important first step’ on humanitarian protection

Volker Perthes – Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the country (UNITAMS) – underscored that the rival military leaderships…

12 May 2023 · 4 min read

Black Sea Initiative exports top 30 million tonnes from Ukraine, as talks continue over renewal
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Black Sea Initiative exports top 30 million tonnes from Ukraine, as talks continue over renewal

That was the message conveyed by the UN Humanitarian Affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, to a meeting held on Thursday in Istanbul, to discuss the future of the Initiative, with senior…

11 May 2023 · 3 min read

UK: Keep calm and respect diversity, says UN expert
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UK: Keep calm and respect diversity, says UN expert

“I am deeply concerned about increased bias-motivated incidents of harassment, threats, and violence against LGBT people, including a rampant surge in hate crimes in the UK,” said Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the…

11 May 2023 · 3 min read

Severe funding shortfalls could leave 200,000 Palestinians hungry
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Severe funding shortfalls could leave 200,000 Palestinians hungry

Unless donors meet the gap, 60 per cent of the people the agency assists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories will no longer be receiving food assistance in June, the World…

11 May 2023 · 5 min read

Afghanistan: Rights experts alarmed over Taliban use of ‘brutal’ punishments
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Afghanistan: Rights experts alarmed over Taliban use of ‘brutal’ punishments

The urgent call from the ten Special Rapporteurs and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, came in response to an announcement by the Taliban-appointed Supreme…

11 May 2023 · 2 min read

Sudan violations in spotlight at UN Human Rights Council
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Sudan violations in spotlight at UN Human Rights Council

The development comes after more than three weeks of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) loyal to General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led…

11 May 2023 · 5 min read

1 in 3 children overweight in the European region: WHO report
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1 in 3 children overweight in the European region: WHO report

The WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, was launched by the spouses of 16 European leaders and Heads of State, in the Croatian capital. Childhood obesity data for WHO’s European Region, paints an alarming picture. Challenging…

10 May 2023 · 3 min read

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest
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Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sounded the alarm on Wednesday after locusts were spotted in the country’s north and northeast. FAO said that a “full outbreak” this year…

10 May 2023 · 4 min read

Russia must provide ‘urgent and comprehensive’ care to opposition leader Navalny: Rights experts
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Russia must provide ‘urgent and comprehensive’ care to opposition leader Navalny: Rights experts

Alice Edwards, who is officially known as the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, said she was “distressed by the deteriorating state of Mr. Navalny’s…

10 May 2023 · 3 min read