Peace and Security
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Somalia at ‘real risk of famine’ as Middle East war fallout continues
At least six million people in Somalia are going days without enough food, UN aid teams warned on Friday, highlighting…
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World News in Brief: Malnutrition in Somalia, hunger crisis in DR Congo, energy shortages in Cuba
Nearly six million people in Somalia – almost a third of the population analysed – are projected to face acute…
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Yemen parties agree under UN mediation to release 1,600 detainees
More than 1,600 conflict-related detainees in Yemen will be released under a UN-brokered agreement reached after months of negotiations in…
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Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians are a clear violation of humanitarian law, says senior UN official
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Ukraine, Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth, has reacted strongly to Russian military strikes on a civilian area…
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‘Stop’: Sandy Walker uses art to confront the legacy of Hiroshima
Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, artist Sandy Walker believes art still has the power to cut through…
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