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UN raises concerns over alarming cases of sexual violence in the DRC
UN human rights chief Volker Türk alongside other members convene a Special Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on ...
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UN Rights Council Launches Inquiry into Atrocities in Eastern DR Congo
The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...
UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city and some 3,000 people ...
Mpox in Europe: Where has the more dangerous clade 1 strain been detected?
Most European cases have been reported in people who had travelled to parts of Africa with ongoing mpox outbreaks.
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UN chief urges peace as conflict escalates in eastern DRC
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.