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Sarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already…
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Sarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already been displaced once from Khartoum to Madani, then again to Port Sudan, as war tore through the country around her. Higher education, she had decided, was a luxury she could no longer afford to want.
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The government describes the program as a way to support low-income families and promote social stability. Among those married were people who lost family members in violent attacks.
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Kosovo has held three elections in over two years. Albin Kurti’s ruling Vetevendosje is struggling to garner the two-thirds majority required to elect a president.
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Sarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already been displaced once from Khartoum to Madani, then again to Port Sudan, as war tore…
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The government describes the program as a way to support low-income families and promote social stability. Among those married were people who lost family members in violent attacks.
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Kosovo has held three elections in over two years. Albin Kurti’s ruling Vetevendosje is struggling to garner the two-thirds majority required to elect a president.
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Reports from Jerusalem suggest that Israeli authorities are taking over one of Islam’s holiest sites, the Al-Aqsa Mosque. If they do, experts say anything could happen, from war to terrorism…
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A typhoon is lashing Japan’s south, causing injuries and blackouts. It is now headed for China, where ports have been closed in preparation.
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Guterres condemns Israeli move to militarise seized compound in occupied East Jerusalem
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday strongly condemned Israel’s decision to establish military facilities at a seized UNRWA compound in occupied East Jerusalem, calling the move “wholly unacceptable”.
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30,000 people flee fresh violence in Haiti as hunger crisis deepens
Around 30,000 people have had to flee their homes in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas following a new wave of violent attacks and atrocities perpetrated by armed gangs over the past ten days.
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Ebola outbreak: ‘Every epidemic begins in a community and ends in a community’
Facing a fast-moving Ebola outbreak caused by a rare strain of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) is relying on a rapid, community-centred response to halt transmission in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, a senior official has told UN News.
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Flak jackets and final goodbyes: Lebanon’s first responders under fire
Before heading to strike sites in war-torn Lebanon, rescue workers and paramedics often say goodbye to one another – a ritual captured in widely shared videos reflecting the growing dangers faced by aid workers since hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel erupted on 2 March.
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Security Council reform ‘is absolutely essential’: Guterres
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday underscored the need to effectively re-open the Strait of Hormuz and expand UN Security Council membership to curb the impunity of veto-wielding “superpowers”.
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Security Council LIVE: Civilians in conflict under spotlight amid rising global toll
The Security Council meets today in New York for its annual open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict amid mounting concern over rising civilian casualties, attacks on humanitarian workers and widespread destruction of homes and critical infrastructure in wars around the world. Senior UN and Red Cross officials will brief members, calling […]
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Ebola risk is high inside DR Congo but it’s no pandemic emergency: WHO
The deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda does not represent a global pandemic emergency, although the risk is high at a regional and national level, the UN health agency chief said on Wednesday.
WILPF in Santa Marta: A Historic Beginning for Fossil Fuel Phaseout
The years 2015 through 2025 have been the eleven hottest years on record – and that same period is one in which governments have increased military spending every single year. This is not a coincidence but reflects the ways in which our fossil-fueled capitalist order, driven by militarism and imperialism, is imperiling our planet and […]
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Mozambique: Authorities must promptly investigate killing of opposition figure and bring perpetrators to justice
Responding to the killing of Pedro João Chaúque, a member of the opposition National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique (Anamola) party, in Mozambique’s south-western Gaza province on 16 May, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: “The killing of Pedro João Chaúque by unknown armed men is extremely […]
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Sudan: RSF commander ‘Abu Lulu’ must be removed from battlefield immediately amid war crimes allegations
Abu Lulu detained in October 2025 by RSF leadership Reuters investigation reveals he has returned to combat “The RSF leadership must remove Abu Lulu from the battlefield immediately” – Tigere Chagutah The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander known as “Abu Lulu” – who has reportedly returned to the battlefield in Sudan – must be removed […]