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Human Rights
World News in Brief: Burkina Faso attack, ending AIDS, Syrian child casualties, new UN migration ambassador
A large number of fighters from the militant Islamist group JNIM attacked a military base, homes, and a camp for displaced…
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Peace and Security
World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest
The region has been under the control of opposition Houthi forces since the internationally recognized Government were driven out of…
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Peace and Security
World News in Brief: Nigeria airstrikes condemned, supporting Venezuelan migrants and refugees, weapons in Myanmar
OHCHR issued a statement deploring the latest strike – the fourth since 2017 – which took place in Kaduna state in…
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Africa
World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform
Ulrika Richardson, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti, who is also the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator,…
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Economic Development
World News in Brief: UNCTAD development finance call, Nepal quake update, religious freedom in Nicaragua
That’s the message from the UN’s trade and development body UNCTAD, which called on Tuesday for urgent reform of the international financial system…
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