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North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger

A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first time in months has been welcomed by UN...

Gaza war may fuel much wider Middle East crisis

Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as the UN’s top rights official warned that the...

General Assembly President condemns ‘catastrophic, unconscionable, shameful’ conditions in Gaza

Ambassadors in the UN General Assembly again discussed on Monday the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and the critical work of the UN agency...

Serious concern about the use of spyware against journalists, abusive lawsuits and journalists in exile

The unlawful deployment of spyware against journalists, the use of abusive lawsuits against journalists to hamper their investigative work and the precarious situation of...

Russia-Ukraine gas deal ends: EU warns of winter energy price hike

The EU risks higher energy prices this winter after a deal keeping Russian gas flowing to the bloc via Ukraine expires, Brussels officials privately...

What Macron should have said to give Kyiv a fighting chance against Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that NATO might have to send troops to Ukraine was met with brickbats and catcalls this week, notes POLITICO. German...

All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief

All parties to the Gaza conflict have been responsible for “clear violations of international humanitarian law including possible war crimes”, according to the UN’s...

BRICS eyes settlements in national currencies

Most countries at a meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors supported the departure from the dollar, agreeing that settlements in national...

Donors’ deafening silence after Republic of Congo green-lights oil exploration in Conkouati National Park

Six weeks after signing a $50 million forest protection deal with donors, the Republic of Congo has given the green light to oil exploration in Conkouati-Douli...

Smart Africa’s Digital Academy receives a $20mn grant from the World Bank to expand across Africa

The World Bank (WB) is partnering with Smart Africa to scale up the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) initiative from a national to a...

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