Africa
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Results expected 5 January after landmark elections in Central African Republic
Voting proceeded largely as planned in the Central African Republic’s first-ever combined presidential, legislative, regional and municipal elections, and ballot…
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UN renews ceasefire push in Sudan
The UN has urged Sudan’s warring parties to pursue compromise and an immediate ceasefire, even as drone attacks, displacement and…
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Historic vote looms in Central African Republic as UN urges peaceful participation
With Central Africans set to vote in presidential, legislative, regional and long-delayed municipal elections this weekend, the United Nations has…
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Security Council hears of fading election prospects in Libya
The path to long-awaited elections in Libya is paved with complications but they can be overcome, the UN Special Representative…
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Security Council renews DR Congo peacekeeping mission amid renewed M23 offensives in the east
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of…
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South Sudan: UN condemns killing of staff member in Wau, calls for swift investigation
The United Nations on Friday condemned the killing of a civilian staff member serving with its peacekeeping mission in South…
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Sudan war: Kordofan’s El-Obeid ‘one or two steps’ away from being attacked
As fighting escalates in Sudan, “people are scared, people are fleeing their homes”, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on…
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Sudan war: World urged not to ignore ‘gruesome sexual violence’
Harrowing new details emerged on Thursday in a UN report detailing targeted sexual violence and summary executions in Sudan’s North…
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Eastern DR Congo fighting kills scores, cuts food aid and drives mass displacement
Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000…
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‘All we want for Sudan is peace’ say children fleeing violence
Nahed was visiting Sudan’s capital Khartoum with her family to celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday, when the war broke…
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