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GENEVA— The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said it had suspended some food aid in South Sudan due to a funding shortage – heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people.The move to suspend aid to almost a third of the 6.2 million ...

Rights groups in Malawi have urged authorities to quickly find and deport a Chinese man who was found to be making and selling exploitative videos of children. A BBC investigation found the man, Lu Ke, paid children to sing and speak Mandarin in distu...

ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the federal government had formed a committee to negotiate with forces from the rebellious northern region of Tigray, in the first public confirmation of a key step towards peace negotations.The ne...

CAIRO– The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) in Egypt, and the Colon Free Zone (CFZ) in Panama, have signed here, an agreement to promote cooperation, the SCZone said, in a statement yesterday.“The agreement aims at exchanging information, to lure inve...

LONDON— A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government.The number of those due to be put on the flight had dwindled fro...

The Republic of South Africa to host the United Nations 6th International Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping SymposiumThe Republic of South Africa (RSA), as a Member State to the United Nations (UN) and a Troop and Police contributing country, ...

President Ramaphosa will lead the celebration of South Africa Day at the Expo 2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, 28...

Singer Do Nguyen Mai Khoi rose to stardom in 2010 after winning the Vietnam Television song and album of the year awards, and has ben described as her native country’s Bjork or Lady Gaga. Tired of having to submit her work to government censors, Mai Kh...