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The UK remains concerned about persistent levels of violence in Colombia: UK statement at the UN Sec

12.07.2024 13:02 Statement by UK Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Colombia.

World News in Brief: Concern mounts over fate of El Fasher, call for consensus over South Sudan elec

12.07.2024 13:02 UN humanitarians "remain gravely concerned" over the daily fighting that continues to rage in and around the Sudanese city of El Fasher, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Thursday.

Kenyan president dismisses most of cabinet amid protests

12.07.2024 13:02 Kenyan President William Ruto dismissed most of his cabinet Thursday, firing everyone except his foreign affairs ministers. The dismissal follows weeks of protests that were triggered by proposed tax hikes, and transformed into calls for Ruto to remove allegedly corrupt and non-performing ministers.

Opposition mounts against security bill in South Sudan

12.07.2024 13:02 In South Sudan, opponents of President Salva Kiir want him to send back to parliament a recently passed bill over concerns it will give state security agents too much power. Critics of the bill say it will allow the National Security Service to arrest and detain suspects without a warrant, thereby stifling dissent from the opposition and civil rights activists.

Regional court: Nigeria violated human rights during police brutality protests

12.07.2024 13:02 A regional African court has ruled that Nigerian authorities violated the rights of protesters during mass demonstrations against police brutality in 2020.

Zelenskyy optimistic about wider use of Western arms

12.07.2024 13:02 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed optimism Wednesday that his forces will be given more freedom to use Western-supplied arms to strike Russian targets, something Ukrainian officials have pleaded for to better defend against Russia's invasion.

We Have Strong Wording Regarding the Irreversibility of Ukraine's Movement Toward NATO - Volodymyr Z