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NIGERIA / FAO DA SILVA
During a visit to north-eastern Nigeria, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said failure to restore food production now in the Lake Chad Basin would lead to the worsening of widespread and…
7 April 2017
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UN / RWANDA GENOCIDE
Marking the twenty-third anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed, United Nations Secretary-General,…
7 April 2017
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UN / EGYPT ATTACKS REAX
A UN spokesperson said Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Sunday’s attack on two Coptic Churches in Egypt and expressed “his deep sympathies to the families of the victims and to the…
10 April 2017
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UN / MOSUL HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
The United Nations reported today that displacement from Iraq’s west Mosul continues to surge, with some 17,000 people having fled the area over the weekend. UNIFEED
10 April 2017
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UN / MALALA MESSENGER OF PEACE
UN Secretary-General António Guterres designated Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai as UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on girls’ education making her the youngest ever to carry the…
10 April 2017
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GENEVA / MASS STARVATION RISK
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned that the risk of mass starvation in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen is growing fast due to drought and conflict. UNTV CH
11 April 2017
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FAO / LAKE CHAD APPEAL
The Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called for an urgent support - a combination of immediate food assistance and food production support in addressing…
11 April 2017
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL / DEATH PENALTY
In its report on the death penalty for 2016, the non-governmental organization Amnesty International said China “remains the world’s top executioner” as the United States (US) has fell out of the…
11 April 2017
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SOUTH SUDAN / RUSSIAN HELICOPTER
The remains of the three Russian pilots whose helicopter crashed 10 KM south west of Bentiu in South Sudan arrived in Juba. The UN mission’s special representative said, “we are treating this as a…
28 August 2014
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UNICEF / BOKO HARAM CHILDREN
The number of children used in ‘suicide’ attacks in the Lake Chad conflict has surged to 27 in the first quarter of 2017, compared to nine over the same period last year, UNICEF said in a new report…
11 April 2017
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UN / HAITI
Highlighting improvements in Haiti’s political situation, including the recent elections and opportunities to address longstanding disputes, the senior United Nations official in the island nation…
11 April 2017
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SOUTH SUDAN / WAU DISPLACED
Close to three hundred people have sought shelter in a Protection of Civilians site located in the United Nations compound in South Sudan’s town of Wau, while thousands of others, mostly women and…
11 April 2017