The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.**MaliWe have just received information from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali&nbs…
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Top UN aid official calls for urgent support for Chad
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursula Mueller made the appeal on Tuesday at the end of her first visit to the landlocked country, located in central Africa.Ms. Mueller underscored the need f…
Read MoreTop UN aid official calls for urgent support for Chad
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursula Mueller made the appeal on Tuesday at the end of her first visit to the landlocked country, located in central Africa.Ms. Mueller underscored the need f…
Read MoreProphet RAEL in support of President Ramaphosa’s policy of land redistribution in South Africa
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Feb. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM), has expressed his full support to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, for his decision to redistribute land to Black South Africans. President Ramaphosa stated, “The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one […]
Read MoreEthiopian Jews Threaten Mass Hunger Strike over Israel Move
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA Representatives for thousands of Ethiopian Jews announced Wednesday they will stage a mass hunger strike if Israel eliminates funding to allow them to join their families in that country.Hundreds gathered at a synagogue in Ethio…
Read MoreEthiopian Jews Threaten Mass Hunger Strike over Israel Move
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA Representatives for thousands of Ethiopian Jews announced Wednesday they will stage a mass hunger strike if Israel eliminates funding to allow them to join their families in that country.Hundreds gathered at a synagogue in Ethio…
Read MoreETHIOPIA’S SEPDM ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN AFTER PRIME MINISTER HAILEMARIAM DECIDES TO RESIGN
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 28 (NNN-ENA) — The Southern Ethiopia Peoples Democratic Movement (SEPDM), the political party which is a member of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has elected a new chairperson to succeed Hailemar…
Read MoreNIGERIAN, CAMEROONIAN TROOPS KILL 35 BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS
ABUJA, Feb 28 (NNN-NAN) — Members of the Nigerian and Cameroonian army have killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 603 civilians held hostage by the latter during a joint operation carried out as part of a clearance exercise by the troops of Oper…
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