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Aid agencies raise alarm as solo children cross Chad border to flee Sudan fighting

TheWorldsNewsJune 13, 2023

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Unicef says ‘more and more unaccompanied children’ among thousands of refugees streaming across 1,000km-long border Hundreds of unaccompanied children have crossed the border from Sudan...

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Romania recalls ambassador who allegedly compared monkey to African diplomats

TheWorldsNewsJune 13, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsJune 13, 20230

UN’s Africa group ‘not prepared to participate’ with Dragos Viorel Tigau after alleged comment in Kenya The Africa group within the United Nations said it...

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Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts

TheWorldsNewsMay 30, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsMay 30, 20230

Global outcry over Museveni’s assent to draconian new anti-gay law, condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanisation’ Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has signed...

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Sudan army calls on former soldiers to re-enlist as fighting persists through ceasefire

TheWorldsNewsMay 27, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsMay 27, 20230

Army leader Abdel-Fatteh al-Burhan has asked the UN to replace its envoy to the country Sudan’s army has asked the United Nations to change its...

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UK funding cuts to east Africa ‘insulting and shortsighted’, say aid organisations

TheWorldsNewsMay 24, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsMay 24, 20230

NGOs dismayed at reduction in Britain’s contribution as crisis-hit region faces challenges from drought, rising prices and conflict The UK has been accused of taking...

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Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds

TheWorldsNewsMay 20, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsMay 20, 20230

Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians First came a single helicopter, flying low over the marshes...

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Developing country voices ‘locked out of the room’ at UN plastic waste talks

TheWorldsNewsMay 18, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsMay 18, 20230

Limits on NGO numbers at Paris summit mean some of those ‘most needing to be heard’ will not feature Scientists and NGOs have accused the...

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Child marriage in decline – but will take 300 years to eliminate

TheWorldsNewsMay 5, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsMay 5, 20230

UN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting married each year The number of child marriages...

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Aid agencies in Sudan plead with factions to allow supplies to reach needy

TheWorldsNewsMay 4, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsMay 4, 20230

Six trucks of humanitarian supplies looted while airstrikes in Khartoum undermine ceasefire Aid agencies are pleading with battling factions in Sudan to allow humanitarian assistance...

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Medics in Sudan warn of crisis as health system near collapse

TheWorldsNewsMay 1, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsMay 1, 20230

Critical shortages of basic goods including water, and bodies piling in streets creating ‘environmental catastrophe’ Sudanese medics have described seeing piles of bodies in the...

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Aid agencies raise alarm as solo children cross Chad border to flee Sudan fighting

Romania recalls ambassador who allegedly compared monkey to African diplomats

Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts

Sudan army calls on former soldiers to re-enlist as fighting persists through ceasefire

UK funding cuts to east Africa ‘insulting and shortsighted’, say aid organisations

Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds

Developing country voices ‘locked out of the room’ at UN plastic waste talks

Child marriage in decline – but will take 300 years to eliminate

Aid agencies in Sudan plead with factions to allow supplies to reach needy

Medics in Sudan warn of crisis as health system near collapse

Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa

Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president

New Haiti government sworn in during secret ceremony

Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows

Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group

Russia claims it will begin talks with US...

Thousands protest against Brazil’s ‘death combo’ of anti-environment...

Green cards, cannabis and a strip club: JCB...

Libyan presidential vote will not go ahead on...

China accuses Australia of ‘violent’ interference in Five...

Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa

Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president

New Haiti government sworn in during secret ceremony

Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly

Barbados leader halts £3m payout to UK MP for Drax Hall plantation

UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally

US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia

US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles

US resumes deportation flights to Haiti despite continuing bloodshed

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