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Zimbabwe: Elephants kill 60 people in five months

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– – At least 60 people have been killed by elephants in Zimbabwe this year. Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana who took to twitter to make an announcement described the incident as sad topic. “The issue of Human/Wildlife Conflict has become quite emotive. This year alone 60 Zimbabweans have lost their lives to elephants and 50 injured. In 2021, 72 lost their… Read More
Europe 

Guterres expresses solidarity as Moldova grapples with fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine

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Speaking at a press conference alongside Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, the UN chief said: “Moldova is not just another country receiving refugees … I am deeply concerned about the continuation and possible spread of the war Russia is waging in Ukraine, and by the impact it is having not only in the region but… Read More
Pacific 

Afghanistan: Nearly 20 million going hungry

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The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for the country also revealed a pocket of “catastrophic” levels of food insecurity in the northeast, affecting thousands.  Record levels of hunger persist in #Afghanistan as lingering drought and the deep economic crisis continue to threaten lives and livelihoods. Humanitarian assistance averted a catastrophe in the harsh winter months, and remains… Read More
Europe 

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

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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
Africa Egypt North Africa World 

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’

Village Reporter
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
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