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The woman declared stateless in India, UK and Uganda

BBC Africa - Sun, 31/07/2022 - 01:17
Since 1997, Ila Popat has been attempting to get a passport recognising her citizenship to a country.
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Kenya election: The influencers paid to push hashtags

BBC Africa - Sun, 31/07/2022 - 01:10
Paying for political influence on social media in Kenya is a shadowy yet lucrative business.
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The town destroyed to make way for a whites-only suburb

BBC Africa - Sat, 30/07/2022 - 01:54
“We won’t move!” – The first ‘forced removals’ of apartheid-era South Africa
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Africa's week in pictures: 22-28 July 2022

BBC Africa - Fri, 29/07/2022 - 02:00
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.
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Climate change killing elephants, says Kenya

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/07/2022 - 01:06
In the past year the country has recorded 179 elephant deaths due to the ongoing drought.
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Sudan: World Bank provides $100 million in emergency support

UN News Centre - Africa - Wed, 27/07/2022 - 21:55
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received a $100 million contribution from the World Bank to assist with critical emergency cash and food sustenance in Sudan.
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Guterres strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo which left 3 dead, amid protests

UN News Centre - Africa - Wed, 27/07/2022 - 16:23
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving in the Stablization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which took place during violent demonstrations at the mission’s base on Tuesday. Two Indian police officers and a Moroccan ‘blue helmet’ were killed, and an Egyptian police officer injured.
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DR Congo: Violence flares in anti-UN protests

BBC Africa - Tue, 26/07/2022 - 23:43
Demonstrations turn violent after protesters storm a UN headquarters in Goma.
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Libya: Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress

UN News Centre - Africa - Mon, 25/07/2022 - 23:42
The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs and peace operations, told the Security Council on Monday.
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Kenya Election 2022: The struggle of women aspirants in marginalised communities

BBC Africa - Mon, 25/07/2022 - 16:04
The number of women hoping to be elected is rising but they still face cultural and religious challenges.
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Face to face with the bandit warlords of Nigeria

BBC Africa - Mon, 25/07/2022 - 01:25
BBC Africa Eye has tracked down the ultra-violent bandit warlords who are raiding villages and abducting schoolchildren across north-western Nigeria.
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Strengthening Sudan’s fragile peace: A Resident Coordinator Blog

UN News Centre - Africa - Sat, 23/07/2022 - 06:19
The killing of protestors by security services during large-scale demonstrations in Sudan’s capital Khartoum in June underscores the ongoing political tensions in the country. Against this backdrop, the UN is committed to sustain and build peace in Sudan, say UN Resident Coordinator Khardiata Lo Ndiaye, and Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support.
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Hunger still rising across East Africa, says new UN-backed report

UN News Centre - Africa - Fri, 22/07/2022 - 22:34
Over 50 million people in Eastern Africa will face acute food insecurity this year, according to a new study backed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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UNHCR alarmed by growing death toll among displaced in eastern DR Congo

UN News Centre - Africa - Fri, 22/07/2022 - 16:01
As conflict grows in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the rising death toll and suffering of displaced civilians through brutal attacks, is cause for serious concern said the UN refugee agency UNHCR on Friday, which appealed for fresh funds to meet "soaring needs" across the country.
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Respect for fundamental rights key to peaceful elections in Kenya: UN experts

UN News Centre - Africa - Thu, 21/07/2022 - 16:20
Independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on authorities and political candidates standing in next month’s general election to foster an enabling civic space to ensure the vote goes ahead peacefully, and prevent violence.
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UN summit galvanizes action for development agendas in Africa

UN News Centre - Africa - Wed, 20/07/2022 - 23:43
The development of Africa was spotlighted at a key UN meeting on Wednesday, with attention focused on advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063.    
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Voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to DR Congo resumes

UN News Centre - Africa - Tue, 19/07/2022 - 16:47
After a two-year hiatus, the voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to their homeland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has begun again, after the programme was put on hold in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to long-term border closures.
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Kenya: UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples

UN News Centre - Africa - Mon, 18/07/2022 - 19:21
An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, to award reparations to the Ogiek indigenous peoples, for harm that they suffered due to “injustices and discrimination.”
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Kenya’s Kuruwitu corals are back, thanks to local conservation drive

UN News Centre - Africa - Sun, 17/07/2022 - 06:46
A small, quiet village in Kenya has found a new purpose in the fishing industry through a successful marine coral conservation project, the first of its kind in the Marine Protected Areas of the western side of the Indian Ocean.
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South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’, UN experts warn

UN News Centre - Africa - Fri, 15/07/2022 - 18:37
A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability against rising xenophobia, racism and hate speech aimed at migrants, refugees, asylum seekers - and even citizens perceived as outsiders - throughout the country.
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