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    Rwanda to lead Africa’s burgeoning vehicle tracking market

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    News in Brief 1 February 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.In Gaza lifesaving aid operations are “in peril” amid ongoing Israeli bombardment because of the...

    General Assembly President urges critics to engage with the UN |

    The UN General Assembly last month passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas – the first collective call to action...

    Netanyahu: No Gaza Truce Without Release of Hostages

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire after six months of...

    News in Brief 11 April 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.UNICEF high temperatures alert for children in east Asia The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on...

    Abbas Threatens Ties with U.S. After UN Membership Bid Veto

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News – In a recent interview with the official WAFA news agency, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a stern...

    News in Brief 29 January 2024 |

     This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, humanitarians warnOngoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip...

    De-escalation zone: The UN peacekeepers trying to stop Gaza war spreading |

    As war rages in Gaza, another simmering conflict risks escalating on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon – which is why the UN peacekeeping mission...

    World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes...

    Since early March, the World Food Programme (WFP) has reached more than 500,000 people, providing school meals, social protection and emergency activities nationwide.The agency...

    News in Brief 11 December 2023 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens as fighting rages on across the Strip UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin...

    Apple TV+ Postpones Release of ‘Tehran’ Season 3 Due to Israel-Hamas War

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Apple TV+ will delay the release of the third season of the Emmy Award-winning espionage thriller Tehran until the end of...

    Haiti: Top UN advocate for children caught in conflict committed to challenging gang leaders...

    The gangs which now control up to 90 per cent of Haiti’s capital must be persuaded to end their campaign of violence which has...

    Google Fires 28 Employees for Protesting Cloud Contract With Israel, Impeding Others’ Work

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with...

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

    In his latest report on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory scheduled to be delivered to the Human Rights Council later on Wednesday,...

    Entire Gaza population now in need of food assistance: WFP |

    Food systems in Gaza are collapsing and the food aid entering the enclave is barely 10 per cent of the amount needed for the...

    News in Brief 7 March 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza: Starvation claiming a growing number of young lives Days from the beginning of the holy...

    U.S. Decides Against Sanctions on IDF’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News – The United States has opted not to impose sanctions on Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Netzah Yehuda Battalion, Ynet...

    News in Brief 17 January 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza crisis: Back two-State solution urges UN chief, ‘once and for all’Unremitting conflict in Gaza...

    Supporting peaceful and inclusive elections in DR Congo |

    The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is poised for elections on 20 December, when votes will be cast for a new president and...

    Nicaragua: Rights experts decry persecution of Government opponents

    President Daniel Ortega and other high-level officials should be held accountable “as should Nicaragua, as a State that goes after its own people targeting...

    Crisis in Haiti worsens after month-long siege on Port-au-Prince

    The surge of violence since February this year has reached “unprecedented levels” resulting in rampant food insecurity and multiple displacements, according to the International...

    Israel has Agreed to Listen to US Concerns Before any Rafah Move, says White...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel has agreed to listen to U.S. concerns and thoughts before it launches an invasion of the border city of Rafah...

    Namibia rules out SIM registration deadline extension

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    Renewed reign of terror displaces thousands in Mozambique

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