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From milking stalls to mobile apps: UN-supported project powers rural revival in Indonesia
Members of the South Bandung Farming Cooperative (KPBS) have recorded a 38 per cent increase in productive loans…
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Deadly overnight attack in Ukraine condemned by senior UN officials
UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the attacks, which also damaged homes and critical civilian infrastructure, including health…
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Nigeria: Schools should be ‘sanctuaries not targets’ says deputy UN chief following latest mass abduction
t was originally reported that 215 pupils had been kidnapped from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state,…
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Gaza: Displaced Palestinians dealing with the ‘death of dignity’, warns UNICEF
Children’s Fund, UNICEF, highlighted the case of six-year-old twins Yahya and Nabeela who were critically injured by an…
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Civilian deaths in Ukraine surge past last year’s toll as winter deepens crisis, Security Council warned
“Ukrainian civilians have continued to bear the brunt of the Russian Federation’s escalating aerial campaign,” said Kayoto Gotoh,…
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UN decries ‘truly horrific’ massacres in DR Congo
The UN described it as one of the most appalling attacks in a new wave of violence by…
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Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF
“Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while the day before,…
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Fleeing the frontline in Ukraine
In the past year alone, more than 250,000 residents have left the Donetsk region, a focus of Russian…
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Top Syria Envoy: Humanitarian situation is ‘extremely serious’
Humanitarian conditions are “extremely serious,” UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi told the Security Council on…
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UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare
The warning comes in a report by the UN World Health Organization’s (WHO) office in Europe, where AI…