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    First UN aid mission to Sudan reveals dramatic human cost of war |

    The war between rival militaries in Sudan doesn’t get the international attention it deserves, UN humanitarians said on Thursday, as they described the terrible...

    ‘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,...

    Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens

    The world court issued the new order in response to a recent request made by South Africa, which submitted a case in December accusing Israel...

    Bold action needed now to address ‘cataclysmic’ situation in Haiti

    Corruption, impunity, and poor governance, compounded by increasing levels of gang violence, have eroded the rule of law in the Caribbean country and brought...

    WATCH Genocide survivor: ‘Football saved my life’ |

    April 7 marks three decades since the beginning of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. An almost unimaginable slaughter, which saw an...

    Herzog Emphasizes Special ‘Unbreakable’ American-Israeli Bond in Meeting With US Lawmakers

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News — Israeli President Isaac Herzog met on Thursday with a delegation of US lawmakers from the Democratic Party, telling...

    The shadow side of the Democratic Alliance

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    Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action

    Ahead of Zero Waste Day, marked annually on 30 March since 2022, we looked back at how that simple but heart-rending statement, a child’s plea...

    Heavy rainfall predicted for Horn of Africa

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    South Sudan schools to reopen as heatwave subsides

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    Former US Senator Joe Lieberman, First Jew on Major Party Presidential Ticket, Dies at...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Former US Senator and Democratic Party vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman died on Wednesday at age 82 in New York City...

    Vanderbilt University Suspends Anti-Zionist Protesters After Building Takeover, Multiple Arrests Made

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vanderbilt University in Tennessee has suspended over a dozen students belonging to an anti-Zionist group that occupied an administrative building and...

    World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older...

    News reports said that residential buildings in the northern city of Kharkiv had been hit, killing one and injuring 16, quoting the city’s mayor.  Four...

    Israel Asks US to Reschedule Scrapped Meeting on Rafah Military Plans

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel has asked the White House to reschedule a high-level meeting on military plans for Gaza’s southern city of Rafah that...

    News in Brief 27 March 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Over 200 direct hits on schools in Gaza The Israeli bombardment of Gaza has included “direct...

    ‘When Russia Goes Through Bad Times, They Target the Jews,’ Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yevgen Korniychuk, Ukraine’s Ambassador in Tel Aviv, has found himself in a rare position since Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists unleashed...

    DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’

    Ms. Keita, who also heads the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, sounded the alarm over the humanitarian disaster “unfolding before our very...

    Anti-Zionist Activity Among University of California Faculty Surged Tenfold After Oct. 7, New Report...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Anti-Zionist faculty within the University of California (UC) system are doing more than ever before to make Zionism anathema on their...

    Netanyahu Says Hamas Should Understand International Pressure on Israel Will Not Work

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his cancellation of a planned visit to Washington by top aides this week...

    Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began   

    Satellite imagery pointed to at least 53 schools “totally destroyed” since conflict erupted on 7 October 2023 and a near nine per cent increase...

    Easter to boost SA retail sector

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    South Africa’s hard-fought democracy in turmoil

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    Nigerian state cracks whip on cyber crime

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    Madagascar under threat of Cyclone 20

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