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Mali: Civilians paying the price as terrorist violence flares up, Security Council hears
12 April 2023
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El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Mali.
The security situation in Mali remains quite…
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Central Mediterranean: Deadliest first quarter for migrant deaths in six years
12 April 2023
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Migrants disembark from a vessel in Lampedusa, Italy, after being rescued by a fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea. (file)
Over 400 migrants died while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean between January and March of this year, making it the deadliest first quarter on…
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Guterres delivers message of ‘hope and renewal’ for Somalia
12 April 2023
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media during at the end of his visit to Somalia.
UN chief António Guterres on Wednesday reaffirmed the world body’s commitment to supporting the Horn of Africa country as it continues on its path to establishing lasting peace and stability…
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Lost decade looms for debt-ridden developing countries: UNCTAD
12 April 2023
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High food prices are hurting developing countries.
Debt-ridden developing countries face years of economic pain brought on by a global growth slowdown, high interest rates and reduced investment, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned on Wednesday…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
11 April 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Telecommunication Union…
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In Mogadishu, UN chief urges ‘massive international support’ for Somalia
11 April 2023
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Secretary-General António Guterres meets a family of internally displaced people at a camp in Baidoa in southwestern Somalia.
Continuing his tradition of carrying out solidarity visits to Muslim countries during the Holy Month of Ramadan, the United Nations chief today landed in…
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Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians
11 April 2023
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Bagan, une ville de la région de Mandalay, au Myanmar.
The United Nations has denounced deadly airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Armed Forces which reportedly killed at least 100 people in an opposition stronghold in the northwest on Tuesday.…
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IMF lowers global economic growth outlook as ‘fog thickens’
11 April 2023
World Bank/Dominic Chavez
Men unload sacks of onions from a truck in Bamako, Mali, a landlocked developing country. Their lack of direct access to the vital trade links often result in landlocked countries paying high transport and transit costs.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast in their latest World…
