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The 38th Anniversary of June 4th Uprising

It is said that evil triumph only because good people sit and do nothing. A week after the gruesome murder of the late...

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UN Commander In C. Africa Wants Congo Peacekeepers To Leave

The UN force commander in the Central African Republic is calling for hundreds of peacekeepers from Congo Republic to...

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Syria Refugees Still Stuck Between Morocco and Algeria

Dozens of Syrian refugees remained stranded in no-man's land between Morocco and Algeria on Tuesday, non-governmental...

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Darfur Peacekeeping Force Headed For Major Drawdown

The African Union and the United Nations are proposing major cuts to their joint peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled...

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France Will Ask UN To Authorize Sahel Counter-Terror Force

France will ask the UN Security Council to authorize an African military force for the Sahel region that will be sent...

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Energy Exports A Lifeline For Boycott-Hit Qatar

A Saudi-led diplomatic and economic blockade against Qatar may threaten food imports but the tiny emirate still has a...

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Get Abusive Regimes Off UN Rights Council

US envoy Nikki Haley on Tuesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to throw out abusive regimes and end what...

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Kennedy Agyapong To Pick Global Dignity Award

Maverick politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has...

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UNFPA Executive Director, Babatunde Osotimehin Dies At 68

The Executive Director of the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), Babatunde Osotimehin, is dead. The cause of his...

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UN Rights Council No Place For Abusive Regimes

US envoy Nikki Haley on Tuesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to throw out abusive regimes and end its...

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Countries and Groups Commit To Halt Ocean Degradation

More than 600 commitments have been received at the Ocean Conference underway at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters...

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Biodiversity Policy Will Conserve Ghana’s Ecosystem

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng, has stated that the...

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UN Threatens DR Congo With International Probe

The UN rights chief on Tuesday gave Kinshasa a two-day deadline to show it is seriously investigating violence in the...

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Akufo-Addo To Pay 2-Day Private Visit To the UK After UN Meetings

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be in the United Kingdom for two days on a private visit from Friday, June...

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UN Accuses IS of Executing 163 Civilians In Mosul On June 1

The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday accused the Islamic State group of murdering 163 civilians to prevent...

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Lessons In Loyalty As N.Korea Celebrates Children’s Day

These pictures from North Korea show school children playing with imitation AK47s and throwing mock grenades as they...

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Lessons In Loyalty As N.Korea Celebrates Children’s Day

To celebrate Korean Children's Union Day on Tuesday, the pupils of Pyongyang Number Four Primary School threw mock...

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Yemen Rebels To Boycott UN Envoy

Rebels who control the Yemeni capital Sanaa have said they will have no further dealings with a UN envoy who has...

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Envoys Wade In To Help US Waters Despite Trump Climate Snub

President Donald Trump may have torpedoed the Paris climate accord as US diplomats brace for huge cuts to their...