Two UN peacekeepers shot dead near Timbuktu in Mali | United Nations News
UN peacekeeping mission says four others were wounded in the attack carried out by an unidentified gunman on Friday. An
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India, Pakistan foreign ministers trade heated barbs on ‘terror’ | United Nations News
Pakistan’s foreign minister has called India’s prime minister the “butcher of Gujarat” after his counterpart accused his country of being
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United Nations blocks Myanmar military taking UN seat | United Nations News
Rights groups say the National Unity Government, made up of elected members, must be allowed to represent Myanmar at all
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UN expels Iran from women’s rights body for protest crackdowns | United Nations News
A US-drafted resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women passed over objections from Iran. Iran
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UN biodiversity talks hampered by ‘lack of political will’: WWF | United Nations News
A “lack of political will” is hindering the United Nations biodiversity conference, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned, urging
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In Kenya, these interventions are decreasing maternal mortality | Health
Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Nandi, Kenya – In 2005 when Kenyan authorities first told
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Nigerian government rejects report on military abortion programme | Women’s Rights News
Nigeria’s government denounced a Reuters report of a mass clandestine abortion scheme as a ‘body of insults’ against Nigerians. The
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Asylum seekers take to the UN to reclaim inalienable human rights | United Nations News
Seventy-four years since the United Nations recognised the equal and inalienable right of all humans to live freely and peacefully,
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UN secretary-general urges Nigeria to investigate mass abortions | United Nations News
The army programme allegedly involved terminating at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls Boko Haram abducted. United Nations Secretary-General
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Indigenous people seek leadership, respect in biodiversity battle | Indigenous Rights News
Montreal, Canada – Indigenous communities are demanding a leadership role in the protection of global biodiversity, as a United Nations conference
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