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India hands over first 50 houses built for Rohingya refugees in Myanmar
The housing units were handed over after President Ram Nath Kovind and his Myanmar counterpart U Win Myint held delegation-level…
In Kenya, free cash is the latest solution to poverty
According to the World Bank, over a third of Kenya's nearly 50 million citizens live below the international poverty line of USD…
Hospitals jail patients who fail to pay bill in this country
Given how brazenly transparent hospitals are about imprisoning patients in Congo, it is difficult to believe that international…
As Donald Trump arrives at UN, world leaders honour Nelson Mandela
A statue of Nelson Mandela, who led South Africa's transition from the apartheid system of white minority rule over the majority…
Final farewell to former UN secretary general Kofi Annan at Ghana state…
The current UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, praised his close friend as an "exceptional global leader" who was dignified,…
Egypt court sends 75 to death, 47 to life over 2013 protest
The sit-in was staged by supporters of Mohammed Morsi, a Brotherhood stalwart who became Egypt's first freely elected president in…
Ugandans protest after lawmakers Bobi Wine, Francis Zaake detained at…
The two parliamentarians were among a group of five lawmakers who were detained on Aug.13 in the northwestern town of Arua and…
Nicaragua to expel UN human rights team after critical report
In a statement, the UN human rights regional office for Central America said that it had received a letter Thursday from the…
UN: China’s African swine fever outbreak could cross borders
The FAO said in a news release today that outbreaks have been reported in four different Chinese provinces.
Mediterranean migrant deaths top 1,500 in 2018: UN
Total arrivals to Europe this year are less than half 120,624 boat migrants who entered the region at the same point of 2017 and…