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Ukraine: UN chief condemns school attack; welcomes new evacuees from Mariupol

Village Reporter
Bilohorivka is close to the Government-held city of Severodonetsk, where heavy fighting was reported in the suburbs on Saturday. “This attack is yet another reminder that in this war, as in so many other conflicts, it is civilians that pay the highest price,” Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement on behalf of the UN chief. According to news sources, President Volodymyr Zelensky… Read More
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African Union condemns deadly attack on Egyptian troops in Sinai

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– – The African Union (AU) has condemned Sunday’s deadly attack on Egyptian troops in the Sinai Peninsula. The attack led to the death of 11 Egyptian soldiers. According to Egyptian officials the attack targeted a water pumping station. In a tweet, AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat condemned “in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Sinai”. Mahamat said… Read More
Europe 

Moldova: ‘A small country with a big heart’

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Since 24 February, over 450 thousand refugees have crossed the Ukraine border, and about a hundred thousand have temporarily settled in with Moldova’s four million people. As its citizens await a visit from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, UN News visited the country. Transformation From Odessa, Natalia and her one-year-old daughter currently live at the exhibition complex MoldExpo, which has been transform into… Read More
Pacific 

On a mission to cut Papua New Guinea’s high levels of sexual violence

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“Most of the survivors of gender-based violence that we see in the clinic are young adults,” says Primrose, Youth Coordinator for the Family Health Association (FHA) in East New Britain province. She has just stepped off stage after delivering a presentation to senior students of Kokopo Secondary School as part of FHA’s school outreach programme, in which she told students… Read More
Pacific 

Afghanistan: Taliban orders women to stay home; cover up in public

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According to information received by UNAMA, this is a formal directive rather than a recommendation, any violations of which will lead to the punishment of male relatives. UNAMA is deeply concerned with today’s announcement by the Taliban that all women must cover their faces in public, should only leave their homes in cases of necessity, & that violations will lead… Read More
Africa US 

Gay Black woman Karine Jean-Pierre to become Bidens press secretary

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ATLANTA (MaraviPost): United States President ,Joe Biden has named his new press secretary, after making an announcement that Jen Psaki will leave the administration. Jane Psaki according to Social Media reports is expected to become a TV host at liberal leaning  MSNBC. Karine Jean-Pierre, currently the principal deputy press secretary, will be taking over the role after Psaki leaves in… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: ‘Cycle of death, destruction’ must stop, UN chief tells Security Council

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“I said the same thing in Moscow as I did in Kyiv…Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and of the Charter of the United Nations,” he told the Ambassadors.     “It must end for the sake of the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the entire world…the cycle of death, destruction, dislocation and disruption must stop.”  The… Read More
Europe 

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion

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Mr. Griffiths was addressing the International Donor Conference for Ukraine in Warsaw. Co-hosted by Poland and Sweden, in cooperation with the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council. The conference raised a reported $6.5 billion. According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, more than 5.7 million people have now fled across Ukraine’s borders seeking shelter, in the two… Read More
Europe 

Mariupol steel works convoy: UN aids arrivals after journey ‘from hell’

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“I’m relieved to confirm that the safe passage operation from Mariupol has been successful. “The people I travelled with told me heartbreaking stories of the hell they went through” tweeted Osnat Lubrani, the UN’s top aid official in Ukraine. I’m relieved to confirm that the safe passage operation from Mariupol has been successful.The people I travelled with told me heartbreaking stories… Read More
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