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UN report finds increase in global hunger/in /by
A new report by the United Nations has found that there has been an increase in global hunger since 2019.
Iranian president accuses west of promoting homosexuality/in /by
Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, criticised the West for promoting homosexuality during a visit to Uganda
Six dead as police break demonstrations in Kenya/in /by
Six dead as police break cost of living demonstrations in Kenya
UN Human Rights Council condemns burning of the Koran/in /by
"This urgent debate is prompted by recent incidents of burning of the Koran, which is the core of faith for well over a billion people. These and other incidents appear to have been manufactured to express contempt and inflame anger, to drive wedges between people and to provoke." Volker Turk
Zimbabwe’s Kasukuwere, not allowed to run for president/in /by
Saviour Kasukuwere, a former cabinet member who was exiled, is not allowed to run for president of the country, according to the Zimbabwean High Court.
Rainy season in Côte d’Ivoire: 30 deaths since the beginning of April/in /by
Torrential rains followed by devastating floods are a regular occurrence in Côte d'Ivoire's largest city, which has a population of nearly six million.
A jury validates Aretha Franklin’s handwritten will/in /by
One dated 2010, written while Aretha Franklin was suffering from Cancer, and the other dated 2014, was found in the living room of Aretha's house.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative under threat from Russia/in /by
The UN is working hard to preserve this fragile agreement, as both Ukraine and Russia are major suppliers of wheat, barley, vegetable oil and other food products upon which countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia depend.
Sudan: Raging conflict displaces over 3.1 million people/in /by
“In our way to Adré, we also found dead bodies of people who had been killed. They (unspecified fighters in Darfur) came to kill people so they were in the road with motorbikes, with guns and with cars. They entered houses and they took a lot of things that you have.” Abuobida Abrasheed, Sudanese re
Sudan’s rival armies hit with UK sanctions/in /by
The measures apply to three businesses associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and three to its rival in the power struggle, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).