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A brutal rebellion by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) brought years of suffering to northern Uganda. Tens of thousands of…

  Marva Khallaf, the campaign speaker for ‘Tamarod’ – a grassroots Egyptian movement – started a hashtag ‘Italaqi Americani’ (Ger…

Security forces killed at least seven people in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday during protests against President Joseph…

A cholera epidemic in Yemen, one of the worst ever recorded, is likely to surge again around March, giving global…

Aid groups are rushing to rescue Syrians in critical condition in Eastern Ghouta. But some have already died, while others…

The United Nations’ independent investigator into human rights in Myanmar has called for international pressure on China and Russia to…

The top UN official in Yemen said air strikes have killed scores of civilians in the past 10 days, in what…

The US government says it has negotiated a significant cut in the United Nations budget. The US Mission to the…

The head of Libya’s UN-backed government urged on Saturday the international community to take a firm stance against those defying…

Rescuers in the Philippines searched on Sunday for survivors of a storm that triggered floods and landslides and killed about…