Torture is ‘widespread’ and likely underestimated in DR Congo: UN report
In findings issued in a report by the UN Joint Human Rights Office in DRC (UNJHRO) and the UN Stabilization
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Guterres says Central African Republic must ‘spare no effort’ to help bring killers of UN peacekeepers to justice
The ‘blue helmets’ from the UN Stabilization Mission in CAR, MINUSCA, were travelling on night patrol, near the village of
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Five years of violence in northern Mozambique has forced nearly a million to flee
As the conflict in Cabo Delgado province has not subsided, UNHCR is appealing for both an end to the bloodshed
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Delivering justice for abused child brides in The Comoros
Tackling this scourge was the theme of a recent UN event held during the opening session of the General Assembly,
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DR Congo: Humanitarian situation worsens; UN mission continues to battle armed militias
Special Representative Bintou Keita told the UN Security Council that following a resurgence of the M23 rebel movement, confidence in the
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Climate Action Plans Could Help Address Injustice, Inequity in African Cities
Gina Ziervogel Opinion by Gina Ziervogel (cape town, south africa) Thursday, September 29, 2022 Inter Press Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa,
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UN Special Adviser welcomes start of trial against top Rwanda genocide suspect
Opening statements in the case against Félicien Kabuga are set for Thursday and Friday at the UN’s International Residual Mechanism
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Guinea: UN pledges support for justice and accountability, as stadium massacre trial begins
Alongside the deaths, during the opposition rally protesting military rule on 28 September, women and girls were raped, after security
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Aged Persons Haunted by Abuse in Zimbabwe
HelpAge Zimbabwe director Priscilla Gavi is concerned about the elder abuse in Zimbabwe, especially as many are reliant on their
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South Sudan violence proliferating, warn independent rights experts
Women and girls continue to be gang-raped and survivors have been described as “zombies, physically and emotionally dead”, according to
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