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World News in Brief: Zimbabwe rights plea, ‘serious concern’ over Azerbaijan prosecutions, Bahrain prisoner alert

August 16, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over two weeks and drop the charges against them, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Thursday. Source UN News Read More

Africa

Attack on a city in Sudan kills at least five and injures more: UNICEF

August 15, 2024 Village ReporterUN Africa News

Bombing which devastated a school and market in the Sudanese city of El Obeid on Wednesday has left five girls dead and 20 children injured according to the UN Children’s Fund’s Sudan Representative. UN Africa News Read More

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WHO backs African efforts to combat mpox spread, as Sweden records new case

August 15, 2024 Village ReporterUN Africa News

The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb mpox, which is now an international global health emergency. UN Africa News Read More

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World War II: France honors its African fighters

August 15, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Mr Macron and Cameroonian President Paul Biya were due to deliver speeches at the Boulouris national cemetery in the town of Saint-Raphaël , where the bodies of 464 French soldiers killed in the fighting in August 1944 lie.Sourced from Africanews Read More

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Sudan army absent as 1st day of peace talks conclude in Switzerland

August 15, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

The country’s military did not send representatives and it did not appear that delegates from the other warring party, the Rapid Support Forces, attended Wednesday’s session.Sourced from Africanews Read More

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A new global health emergency: All you need to know about mpox outbreak

August 15, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in Africa this year, which already exceed last year’s figures.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Pacific

Afghanistan: 20 years of steady education progress ‘almost wiped out’

August 15, 2024 Village ReporterAsia News

The de facto authorities in Afghanistan “have almost wiped out two decades of steady progress for education” there, putting the future of an entire generation in jeopardy, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural agency (UNESCO) reported on Wednesday. Source UN News Read More

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No date yet for long-awaited South Sudan elections

August 14, 2024 Village ReporterUN Africa News

The UN continues to support an enabling environment for general elections in South Sudan, but the date remains elusive, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. UN Africa News Read More

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Mpox outbreaks in Africa declared a global health emergency

August 14, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading.Sourced from Africanews Read More

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Prosecutor’s Office investigates harassment against Imane Khelif

August 14, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

The athlete’s lawyer, Nabil Boudi, filed a complaint on Friday with the special unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office responsible for combating hate speech on the Internet .Sourced from Africanews Read More

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Month: August 2024

World News in Brief: Zimbabwe rights plea, ‘serious concern’ over Azerbaijan prosecutions, Bahrain prisoner alert

Attack on a city in Sudan kills at least five and injures more: UNICEF

WHO backs African efforts to combat mpox spread, as Sweden records new case

World War II: France honors its African fighters

Sudan army absent as 1st day of peace talks conclude in Switzerland

A new global health emergency: All you need to know about mpox outbreak

Afghanistan: 20 years of steady education progress ‘almost wiped out’

No date yet for long-awaited South Sudan elections

Mpox outbreaks in Africa declared a global health emergency

Paris 2024 Olympics: Prosecutor’s Office investigates harassment against Imane Khelif