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UN: 40 Civilian Casualties In Central Yemen In March Alone

republicworld– The ongoing battle between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and government forces in the central province of Marib has caused 40 civilian casualties in March alone, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. At least 70 incidents of armed violence including shelling, crossfire, and

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Libya: UN backs ceasefire mechanism, urges foreign forces withdraw

africanews– Libyans are flooding the markets In the city of Benghazi on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. But Libyans may also have another reason to celebrate after the UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution that calls for all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya. It also backed […]

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UN Gives Green Light To Fund Lebanon Tribunal For 2021

republicworld– The U.N. Security Council has given a green light to keep the U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri operating and funded for at least this year. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to the council circulated Friday that the president of the Special Tribunal for […]

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Locals Share the Horrors of Darfur’s Most Recent Inter-ethnic Conflict

africanew– Violence erupted on January 18 in the village of Twail Saadoun in South Darfur, Sudan when members of the Rizeigat Arab tribe attacked the Fallata in an inter-ethnic clash. The attack resulted in the deaths of around 60 people and left dozens wounded from the Fallata — the self-identified marginalised minority, which has suffered […]

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Iran Parliament Pushes Bill To End UN Nuclear Inspections After Scientist’s Killing

republicworld– The Iranian parliament on Tuesday, December 1, proposed a bill that would end United Nations inspections on its nuclear facilities. Iran had agreed to give UN inspectors more intrusive access to atomic sites in accordance with the multi-party nuclear agreement struck five years ago. The new bill would further require the government to expand […]