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    Opinion: Evolving toward community-led conservation

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). July 14, 2023 — Cruising the crystal-blue waters off Mafia Island, Tanzania, you never feel alone. Boats of all shapes and...

    Ukraine crisis reaches new terrifying level as civilians face daily drone and ‘glide bomb’...

    Daily attacks by the Russian military in Ukraine have damaged dozens of towns and villages in the south and east of the country but...

    ‘We Have Had Enough’: Dutch Jews Demand Action Against Rising Antisemitic Harassment

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Jewish community leaders in The Netherlands issued a plaintive warning on Thursday concerning the continuing rise of antisemitism in the country,...

    Protecting the environment to reduce the risk of another pandemic

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). April 1, 2022 — Deadly human, plant and animal diseases have been sweeping the world, emerging and spreading faster than ever...

    Missing Israeli Teen Found Dead in West Bank

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli military and police said the body of a missing Israeli teenager who was likely killed in a Palestinian attack was...

    UN honours 101 staff killed in Gaza conflict

    The fallen colleagues worked for the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, providing life-saving aid to Gaza’s 2.2 million people, amid constant bombardment...

    COMESA tackles regional roaming tariffs

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    Guterres demands better protection for journalists on environment beat

    The UN chief said journalists and media workers “have a key role in informing and educating” the public about the world’s current environmental and...

    Suspect Detained After Polish Synagogue Escapes Major Damage in Firebomb Attack

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Warsaw authorities detained a teenager on Wednesday after a historic synagogue in Poland’s capital was hit by a bottle containing a...

    Opinion: The USA is nurturing wars, plea to Americans to choose wiser leaders

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    Netanyahu Cancels Israeli Delegation to US Over UN Gaza Vote

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he will not send a delegation as planned to Washington after the United...

    Israel Says South Africa Exploiting World Court on Behalf of Hamas

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel accused South Africa on Thursday of acting “as the legal arm of Hamas” after Pretoria again petitioned the International Court...

    California State University, Long Beach President Denounces Antisemitic Flyers on Campus

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The president of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has denounced a recent antisemitic hate campaign targeting a professor that involved...

    News in Brief 18 January 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief, warn UN aid teamsIn Gaza, as medicines...

    Utilisation of safari-1 research reactor

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    Children in Haiti ‘terrorised and traumatised’ by violence |

    Children in Haiti are “terrorised and traumatised” by the gang violence which continues across the country’s capital, killing people and forcing them to flee...

    News in Brief 22 March 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ hunger levels Amid reports of ongoing bombardment...

    Eritreans abroad demand democracy back home

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    News in Brief 4 March 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza conflict could fuel much wider Middle East ‘conflagration’ War in Gaza could spark a much...

    News in Brief 28 March 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza: health system ‘barely surviving’ warns UN health agency chief Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’...

    News in Brief 21 December 2023 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down: WHOThere are...

    News in Brief 16 February 2024 |

    At Munich Security Conference, UN chief calls for ‘global order that works for all’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Munich Security Conference on Friday...

    Urgent aid needed in Gaza amidst unimaginable hardship |

    Civilians in Gaza have been dealing with conflict and crises for seven months – a catastrophe that no word in the dictionary could describe,...

    News in Brief 23 January 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza fighting spreads into hospitals where there’s ‘no way in and out’ Amid continuing heavy fighting...