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UN Security Council Calls For An End

The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US...

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Africa Bloc Vows To Send Troops If Jammeh Stays

West African leaders will send troops into The Gambia if its longtime ruler who lost elections does not step down next...

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Egypt Delays UN Motion On Israel As Trump Intervenes

Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald...

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Egypt Delays UN Resolution On Israel As Trump Raises Concerns

Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump...

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Trump Joins Fight Against UN Vote

The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to...

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UN To Create Team That Will Probe Syria War Crimes

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to establish a special team to "collect, consolidate, preserve and...

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UNSC To Vote On Ending Israeli Settlement Activity

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on a draft resolution that would demand Israel "immediately and...

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UN Backs Sending Monitors

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for UN officials and others to monitor the mass evacuations...

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UN Security Council Demands Sending Observers To Aleppo

With Russia's backing, the United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to quickly deploy UN observers to Aleppo to...

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Evacuations Resume From East Aleppo

Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city. At least...

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Hundreds Leave Syria City As Evacuations Resume

Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city, a UN...

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Rebels Burn Syria Evacuation Buses

Several buses sent to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province have...

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Rebels Burn Syria Evacuation Buses

Several buses en route to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province...

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France, Fearing Massacres, Asks UN To Monitor Aleppo Evacuation

France has presented a UN Security Council draft resolution on sending observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and...

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Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal From Somalia Exposes Peacekeeping Problems

Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with the...

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ACILA Calls On President Jammeh To Hand Over Power To Barrow

Research and education think tank, Africa Center for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) has called on Gambian...

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Gambia President Must Step Down

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh must hand over power after defeat in elections, the UN Security Council has said....

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What You Need to Know about Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, Profile of Ghana’s President-Elect

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president-elect was born and raised in Ga-Maami (Accra Central) and in the Nima area...

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Gambia’s President-Elect Calls On Jammeh To Respect Election Results

Gambian security forces deployed en masse on Saturday as President-elect Adama Barrow appealed for calm, a day after...