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Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee aid – and puts millions of lives at risk

YoopyaOct 30, 2024October 30, 20240

The Israeli parliament’s vote on Oct. 28, 2024, to ban the United Nations agency that provides relief for Palestinian refugees is likely to affect millions of

Africa on the UN security council: why the continent should have two permanent seats

YoopyaSep 21, 2024September 21, 20240

Africa’s desire to be fully represented in all decision-making organs of the United Nations (UN), particularly in the security council, is informed by three factors. First, repairing the

Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel are becoming increasingly isolated internationally – they need to listen to their friends

YoopyaJun 24, 2024June 24, 20240

Pressure, both external and internal, is rapidly changing the international landscape for Israel. In 2011, Ehud Barak, then Israel’s defence minister, warned that Israel would

Africa: Burkina Faso does not intend to hire Russian fighters like Mali, according to a US diplomat.

YoopyaOct 27, 2022October 31, 20220

According to US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Burkina Faso’s interim President Ibrahim Traore has assured US diplomats that he has no intention

World: Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet

YoopyaSep 22, 2021June 13, 20230

Racism, the climate crisis and the world’s worsening divisions will take center stage at the United Nations on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. chief

Pledges to U.N. fund to fight Ebola more than double to $50 million

YoopyaOct 22, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Pledges to a United Nations trust fund calling for nearly $1 billion to fight Ebola in West Africa have more than doubled to

Celebrity: Freida Pinto speaks at girls’ rights summit in UK

YoopyaJul 23, 2014July 25, 20230

LONDON (AP) — Actress Freida Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire fame has joined forces with girls’ rights campaigners in calling for an end to the practice

Africa news: Ebola crisis in West Africa deepens; 500+ dead

YoopyaJul 14, 2014July 16, 20230

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Deep in the forests of southern Guinea, the first victims fell ill with high fevers. People assumed it was the perennial

UN News: UN chief warns of massive sectarian Iraq violence

YoopyaJun 17, 2014July 16, 20230

GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning that sectarian violence could blow up to huge proportions in Iraq and beyond as Iraq’s instability

International weapons experts leave Syria, U.S. prepares attack

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – U.N. experts left Syria on Saturday after investigating a poison gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians, and the United States said it was planning