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    Columbia University Names Nemat Shafik New President

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Wikipedia Commons Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, a leading economist whose career has focused on public policy and academia, will become the 20th...

    The health worker initiative easing stress of COVID-19 burnout |

    Latest data shared by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that one in two frontline health workers suffered burnout during COVID-19. To help protect...

    Bank of Israel Warns Judicial Overhaul Could Lead to Economic Damage

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).   i24 News – The Bank of Israel on Monday warned that the government’s planned judicial overhaul will lead to economic damage,...

    City Lodge upbeat after restrictions lifted – CAJ News Africa

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    Refugees in dire straits in Malawi – CAJ News Africa

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    News in Brief 12 January 2023 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. 2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: WMO The UN weather agency, WMO, said...

    Nigeria Police reinforces amid poll violence fears – CAJ News Africa

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    Ethekwini drowning sends shock waves – CAJ News Africa

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    ‘It Is Dead, But We’re Not Gonna Announce It’: Biden Downplays Renewed Iran Nuclear...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). As EU and Iranian representatives met in Jordan on Monday to discuss the possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, amateur...

    Sharpton: Firing Black Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols “Not Enough”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube New York, NY (Tuesday, January 24, 2023) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN),...

    People trafficking report highlights fears that COVID-19 has diverted resources from rescuing victims   |

    Disturbing new data released on Tuesday from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has highlighted concerns that most human trafficking victims who...

    US Sanctions Lebanese Economist for Hezbollah Ties

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The US Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a Lebanese economist accused of running a currency exchange company as a front for...

    Police overwhelmed, development stalled, as gang violence spirals in Haiti

    “Years of hard-fought recovery gains are being undone, and Haitians are grappling with setting the country back on a path to democracy,” said Helen...

    News in Brief 2 February 2023 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis As crowds in the Democratic...

    Shaggy, Sting, To Headline Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA (January 25, 2023) - Renowned as the biggest and best music event...

    Harvard Apartheid Wall Denounced by Leading Campus Jewish Group

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Harvard University’s Hillel chapter on Friday criticized an “offensive” Apartheid Wall displayed erected on campus by the campus’ Palestine Solidarity Committee...

    Documentary ‘Bill Russell: Legend’ To Be Released Feb. 8

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Netflix Studio Asset Share The remarkable life and legacy of an NBA superstar and civil rights icon is captured in the...

    Zimbabwe positions itself in global lithium value chain

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    Humanitarians impacted by telecoms vandalism in Sudan

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    Nigeria at a crossroads at 63

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    Tackling fake news in Kenya: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

    Stephen Jackson, the UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya, reflects on the 2022 elections, which saw an effective partnership with the Government and private-sector rise...

    ‘Magnificent diversity’ of humanity is a treasure, not a threat, Guterres says

    The International Day is observed annually on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian freedom movement and pioneer of...

    The Fearmongering Divisive Rhetoric Regarding New York City’s Migrant Influx Is Solving Nothing

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots When New York City Mayor Eric Adams proclaimed that arriving migrants would “destroy” the city, my heart sank. Here...

    Senior Senate Democrat Threatens to Block Military Aid to Egypt on Human Rights Grounds

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee vowed on Saturday to block military aid and arms sales to Egypt...