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

YoopyaOctober 30, 2024October 30, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 30, 2024October 30, 20240437

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...

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

YoopyaSeptember 21, 2024September 21, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 21, 2024September 21, 20240516

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...

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

YoopyaJune 24, 2024June 24, 2024

by YoopyaJune 24, 2024June 24, 20240657

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...

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

YoopyaOctober 27, 2022October 31, 2022

by YoopyaOctober 27, 2022October 31, 20220474

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...

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

YoopyaSeptember 22, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 22, 2021June 13, 2023078

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...

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

YoopyaOctober 22, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 22, 2014July 15, 2023014

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

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

YoopyaJuly 23, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 23, 2014July 25, 202308

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

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

YoopyaJuly 14, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 14, 2014July 16, 202302

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

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UN News: UN chief warns of massive sectarian Iraq violence

YoopyaJune 17, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 17, 2014July 16, 202300

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...

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

YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 21, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 21, 202404

(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...