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UN Human Rights Council to investigate war crimes in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-12-17 18:25:35 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:50 - ID:9323922
NEW YORK, Dec 17 (MENA) - The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted in favor of establishing a panel of experts to report on rights violations during the year-old war in Ethiopia, despite protestations from Addis Ababa. Ethiopia lashed out at ....
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Pro-Palestine protesters confront Miss South Africa at airport
Date: 2021-12-16 09:20:18 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:26 - ID:9321592
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 16 (MENA) - South African protesters gathered at the airport in Johannesburg to protest against the participation of Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane in the Miss Universe pageant, which was held in Israel. Mswane's participation ....
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Mauritania records 46 new infections
Date: 2021-12-15 22:25:21 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:99 - ID:9321249
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 15 (MENA)- Mauritania reported Wednesday 46 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The infection tally hits 39,924, while total death count reached 852 cases, after three more ....
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Six people die as result of Somalia's famine
Date: 2021-12-14 07:10:40 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:9317731
MOGADISHU, Dec 14 (MENA) - Six people died late Monday night as a result of a wave of drought that struck several villages in Galmudug region in central Somalia. Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble had called on the civil society to ....
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UN human rights body to hold special session about Ethiopia
Date: 2021-12-13 23:12:28 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:93 - ID:9317623
GENEVA, Dec 13 (MENA) - The UN’s top human rights body said it will hold a special session on Friday to discuss the “grave human rights situation” in Ethiopia and a call to set up an international commission of experts to monitor and report on it, ....
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US calls on Ethiopia's authorities to investigate human rights abuses
Date: 2021-12-13 07:05:44 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:15 - ID:9315983
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (MENA) - The United States noted with grave concern unconfirmed new reports alleging egregious human rights abuses, atrocities, and destruction of civilian infrastructure by Tigrayan forces in the Amhara and Afar regions of ....
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Fouad, AFD director disucss preparations for COP27
Date: 2021-12-12 11:29:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:40 - ID:9314759
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad discussed during a meeting Sunday with Regional Director of Africa French Development Agency (AFD) Christian Yoka and his accompanying delegation preparations for UN Climate Change ....
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South Africa reports 17,154 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-12-12 10:03:44 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:31 - ID:9314673
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (MENA) - South Africa reported 17,154 cases in the past 24 hours, 4.8 percent up on last week and around 1,000 more than the tally on the previous Saturday, the country's National Institute for Communicable Diseases said as ....
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South Korea hopes to boost resources cooperation with Africa: Vice FM
Date: 2021-12-10 14:59:00 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:39 - ID:9312510
SEOUL, Dec 10 (MENA) - South Korea hopes to increase cooperation with Africa in natural resources and is ready to work together with the continent in terms of global supply chains, Yonhap news agency quoted Seoul's vice foreign minister as saying ....
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Millions could fall deeper into hunger as WFP faces unprecedented funding gap in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-12-07 11:18:24 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:9306890
ROME, Sept 7 (MENA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a major funding shortfall over the next six months threatening its ability to meet the critical food and nutrition needs of millions of food insecure Ethiopians and ....
