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Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius

·October 3, 2024·1 min read

The agreement follows 13 rounds of talks that began in 2022 after Mauritian calls for sovereignty were recognised by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the UN General Assembly in 2019 and 2021. The world court, as the ICJ is known, is the principle judicial organ of the UN...

Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’

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·October 3, 2024·2 min read

In the Lebanese capital, UN humanitarians reported “another night of strikes” and ongoing attacks, as aid workers continued trying to help all those in need. This was “despite their own families being displaced and searching for safety”, said the UN’s top humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, Imran Riza. “Another sleepless night...

Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace

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·October 3, 2024·1 min read

Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the African Union, highlighted “encouraging developments” that are fueling optimism. “These include Africa’s resilient people and resourceful women and youth, their stated preference for democratic rule against all odds, the recently gained G20 membership, and the newly adopted Pact for...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges

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·October 3, 2024·1 min read

UN humanitarians launched a $426 million appeal for Lebanon on Tuesday to support one million people uprooted by widespread Israeli shelling amid what Israel has described as a “limited, localised and targeted” ground operation into Lebanon, across the UN-patrolled line of separation....

World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa

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·October 2, 2024·3 min read

New data from the International Organization for Migration indicates a 22 per cent spike in the number of people uprooted from their homes since June. IOM said that gang violence had forced more than 110,000 people to flee their homes in the last seven months, particularly in Gressier, which lies...

UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation

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·October 2, 2024·2 min read

The development came as UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned “escalation after escalation” in the Middle East on Tuesday, as a report from his Office underscored the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Since the 7 October attacks, settlement activities increased markedly, reaching a record...

‘Broad impunity persists’ for law enforcement violations against Africans and people of African descent: rights experts

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·October 2, 2024·1 min read

Akua Kuenyehia, chair of the independent expert mechanism on advancing racial justice said, “Manifestations of systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent by law enforcement and in criminal justice systems are still predominant in many parts of the world, and broad impunity persists.” While also dealing with “broad...

All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres

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·October 2, 2024·1 min read

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric issued a statement saying that UN chief António Guterres was “extremely concerned” by the fast escalation of the conflict. “An all-out war must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon must be respected”, Mr. Dujarric added. The UN chief...

Nepal: Hundreds killed as ‘unprecedented’ flash floods strike capital Kathmandu

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·October 1, 2024·2 min read

Many of the deaths have occurred in the capital, Kathmandu, which witnessed the most intense rains in over half a century. Hundreds of houses along with schools and hospitals have been damaged and the southern portion of the city remains inundated. The rains, which began on 27 September, and lasted...

Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal with ‘limited’ Israeli ground incursion underway

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·October 1, 2024·3 min read

From the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, spokesperson Jens Laerke described chaotic scenes across Lebanon as people continued to flee airstrikes that have killed more than 1,000 people in the past two weeks alone, according to the UN human rights office, OHCHR. “We should expect further displacement,” Mr. Laerke told...

Security Council renews Haiti mission mandate, calls for more action against gangs

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·October 1, 2024·3 min read

The mission was authorized last October to assist Haiti’s beleaguered police force. Led by Kenya, it currently has around 410 police officers on the ground and is expected to grow to around 2,500. For now, the country remains mired in crisis. The renewal comes as the mission tries to curb...

Collective effort essential to get DR Congo on firm path to peace

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·October 1, 2024·4 min read

“We need to collectively remain engaged in assisting the country on its path to peace and stability,” said Bintou Keita, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the DRC and head of the UN Mission there, MONUSCO. Ceasefire and dialogue ‘framework’ There has been a notable reduction in fighting among warring parties...