The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on the …
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United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a joint report that hunger is worsening because of heavy …
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The number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million as war drives about a quarter of the population from their homes, the U.N. migration agency told The Associated Press on Monday. More than 2 million other people have been driven abroad, mostly to neighboring Chad, …
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Heba Saleh in Sharm al-Sheikh Miles of newly planted palm trees adorn the main avenues of Sharm el-Sheikh, the Egyptian Red Sea resort hosting the UN global climate conference known as COP27, which started on Sunday. Sharm el-Sheikh is a sprawling town made up almost entirely of hotels built for mass …
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TUNIS, March 9 (Reuters) – A senior United Nations Libya official is seeking agreement this month on election laws and constitutional arrangements, she told Reuters on Wednesday, with rival factions locked in a dangerous stand-off. Stephanie Williams said she wanted the talks between members of the parliament and High State …
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The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding that Russia end its military operations in Ukraine immediately. A total of 141 countries voted in favour of the March 2, 2022 resolution, which reaffirms Ukrainian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. UN News reports that the resolution demands that Russia “immediately, completely and …
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(Reuters) – The United Nations Libya adviser Stephanie Williams said on Friday she had invited the parliament and High State Council to each nominate six members for a joint committee on Libya’s constitutional arrangements. Libya’s political process fell apart in December with the collapse of a scheduled election, with major …
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BAMAKO, March 4 (Reuters) – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Friday it was investigating allegations that dozens of people were massacred in the centre of the country. A video circulating on social media since Thursday shows dozens of badly-burned bodies with their eyes blindfolded and their …
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موقع وجه أفريقيا موقع وجه أفريقيا هو موقع مهتم بمتابعة التطورات في القارة الأفريقية