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Justice officer from DR Congo mission wins UN Trailblazer award — Global Issues
First awarded in 2022, it acknowledges the exceptional contributions made by women justice and corrections officers serving from Member States…
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Attacks on civilians in DR Congo, concern over conviction of trade union leader in Cambodia, gang violence in Haiti — Global Issues
The camps were in the neighbourhoods of Lac Vert and Mugunga, near Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, which…
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DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll — Global Issues
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) called for greater international support for the Congolese people to avoid a potential catastrophe for…
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Security Council condemns DR Congo attacks, cholera testing breakthrough, ‘my health, my right’ campaign — Global Issues
In a statement following a briefing last week by Bintou Keita, the head of the UN mission, MONUSCO, ambassadors condemned…
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DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’ — Global Issues
Ms. Keita, who also heads the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, sounded the alarm over the humanitarian disaster…
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Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia — Global Issues
Findings from the recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis indicate an alarming 19 per cent increase in the…
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Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo — Global Issues
This is being compounded by an increase in child and forced marriage, and the recruitment of boys by combatants in…
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UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo — Global Issues
The incident occurred in the vicinity of Sake, just 20 kilometers from Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu. The…
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Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a humanitarian crisis | Humanitarian Crises
Heavy fighting between Congolese army and M23 rebels is fuelling displacement and regional tensions. M23 rebels have closed in on…
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Fighting continues in DR Congo, Russian anti-war campaigner harassment, LGBTQ rights — Global Issues
Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents at the regular press briefing in New York, that during the clashes, two rockets landed close…
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