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UN inspection mechanism to operate in Hudaydah ports, Yemeni transport minister
Jun 18, 2019 12:01Yemeni Minister of Transport Zakaria al-Shami says the Ansarullah movement and the United Nations have agreed on a mechanism to inspect ships docking at ports in the country’s strategic western province of Hudaydah following Ansarullah’s withdrawal from three of Yemen's Red Sea ports last month as part of a peace agreement.
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Aid suspension in Yemen likely to start this week, warns UN food chief
Jun 18, 2019 02:52The executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme has warned that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is deteriorating due to a diversion of aid and clashes between Ansarullah fighters and militiamen loyal to Yemen's former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
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Seven million face hunger crisis in South Sudan despite peace deal: UN
Jun 15, 2019 09:24A record number of almost seven million people are facing severe hunger in South Sudan, despite a peace agreement which has largely stopped fighting after more than five years of war, UN agencies warned Friday.
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UN chief urges independent inquiry into oil tanker attacks
Jun 15, 2019 07:36UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent probe into Thursday’s attacks on two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman in the face of US efforts to frame Iran.
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UN confirms Yemen’s Ansarullah fully abiding by peace deal
Jun 13, 2019 00:16A UN mission monitoring a peace deal between warring parties in Yemen’s Hudaydah says the Ansarullah Movement has fully withdrawn its forces from three key ports in the region based on the truce agreement.
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Rights experts urge UN inquiry into Sudan 'abyss'
Jun 12, 2019 11:21A group of five United Nations rights experts has urged the Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into possible violations committed by Sudanese security forces against "peaceful protesters."
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UN concerned over refugees’ 'ghastly' conditions in Libya
Jun 07, 2019 10:06The United Nations (UN) has criticized the “ghastly” conditions in migrant detention centers in Libya, where some refugees have died of tuberculosis and many others have simply disappeared.
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UN removing some staff from Sudan as tensions soar
Jun 06, 2019 06:51The United Nations (UN) says it is temporarily removing a number of its civilian staff from Sudan because of the deterioration of the security situation in the African country, two days after security forces killed dozens of people during a crackdown against a sit-in in the capital, Khartoum.
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UN warns of severe hunger in Somalia due to drought
Jun 06, 2019 02:27A senior UN humanitarian official has warned about severe hunger in Somalia, which has been suffering from one of the worst droughts in decades.
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Terrorists in Idlib using civilians as human shields: Syria's UN envoy
May 29, 2019 05:08Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Ja’afari says foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists based in the Northwestern Idlib Province are using civilians as “human shields,” stressing the government’s commitment to protecting its people from the scourge of terrorism.