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WHO reports unprecedented cholera rise in Africa
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. World health agency on Tuesday said that cholera cases are rising globally and there’s been an unprecedented spike in Africa.
Dr. Fiona Braka from WHO regional office in Brazzaville,…
Top torture expert urges UK to halt extradition of Julian Assange to America
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN independent expert on torture Alice Edwards on Tuesday urged the United Kingdom to halt the possible extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
Alice Edwards called on…
US envoy says Rafah a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ in Gaza; stresses vital role of UNRWA
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Feb. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters in New York that the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees plays a “critical role” in delivering aid to civilians in the…
Gaza health ministry reports 27,000 Palestinian died so far
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 3rd Feb. According to the Gaza-based Health Ministry on Friday said that the Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 27,000.
The Ministry said in a press…
OCHA calls Rafah a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ as exodus south continues
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN aid coordination office IN New York OCHA on Friday said that thousands of Gazans fleeing intense hostilities in Khan Younis towards the massively overcrowded southern city of Rafah…
WFP pleads aid access in Sudan, cites starvation
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. World Food Programme on Friday said that the number of hungry people in Sudan has doubled over the past year, added that it is receiving reports of people dying from starvation.
WFP …
UNESCO named Vinícius Junior as new Goodwill Ambassador
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. The head of the UNESCO on Friday named the Brazilian football sensation Vinícius Junior as their new Goodwill Ambassador for Education for All in a ceremony held at football giant Real…
Rights experts calls Taliban to end crackdown on women over ‘bad Hijab’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN human rights experts on Friday expressed grave concern over multiple reports of arbitrary arrests, detention and ill-treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan.
The experts noted…
Top official condemns deadly attack on aid workers in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Denise Brown on Friday has condemned a deadly attack on aid workers in the south of Ukraine.
She said that 2 French citizens volunteering with a…
2 South African peacekeepers injured in attack on UN helicopter in DR Congo
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. According to the UN mission in DRC on Friday 2 South African peacekeepers were injured, one seriously, in an attack on a UN helicopter in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
UN…