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25 Apr 23
Financial and technical support from the International Monetary Fund helped South Sudan develop credible macroeconomic policies and in turn foster peace, a senior official has said.
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4 Oct 16
Governance in Africa has barely improved in the last decade as worrying declines in safety and the rule of law hold back progress, according to the authoritative Ibrahim Index of African Governance.
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27 Jul 16
The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has removed from office the country’s first vice president Riek Machar, his fierce rival and leader of the opposition, it has been reported.
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11 Jul 16
More than 300 people have reportedly been killed in the South Sudanese capital Juba after violence flared between government and rebel forces.
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1 Jul 16
Syria’s civil war has set the country’s economic, social and human development back by decades, leaving “monumental” challenges ahead, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.
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29 Apr 16
South Sudan has announced the formation of its long-awaited transitional unity government after rebel leader Riek Machar was sworn in as vice president earlier this week.
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28 Apr 16
South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as vice president, marking a significant milestone in plans for a national unity government that were almost derailed last week.
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20 Apr 16
South Sudan’s fragile peace deal is at risk after rebel leader Riek Machar failed to return to the capital to form a transitional government.
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18 Apr 16
More than $1bn of financial support was pledged by donors on Friday to help Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon.
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22 Feb 16
The humanitarian crisis in Libya is worsening as the aid community struggles with a mere 2.6% of the required funding, the chief of the United Nations mission in Libya has warned.
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19 Feb 16
The United Nations has appealed for $1.8bn in aid for Yemen to provide humanitarian support for 13.6 million people in the country affected by its civil war.
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12 Feb 16
Urgent deliveries of humanitarian aid to Syria will start immediately and a ceasefire is likely to take effect “within one week” following an agreement between high-level diplomats in Munich.
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5 Feb 16
The Syria donor’s conference held in London yesterday secured pledges of over $10bn – the largest ever raised for a humanitarian appeal in one day.
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2 Feb 16
A United Nations-backed humanitarian appeal for Libya has achieved barely 1% of its needed funding almost two months after its launch, a senior UN official for the North African country warned today...
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25 Jan 16
The UK has pledged £30m in new aid funding to help those arriving in Europe after escaping the brutal conflict in Syria, the country’s international development secretary announced on Friday.
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20 Jan 16
The United Nations special representative for Iraq has called on the international community to step up its support to the nation following revelations of a “staggering” civilian death toll and...
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13 Jan 16
Almost $8bn is needed to support people in Syria and the surrounding region as the conflict heads into its sixth year with no signs of ending, according to three United Nations agencies.
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12 Jan 16
Deliveries of humanitarian aid have finally reached the besieged towns in Syria where people have reportedly been starving to death after being cut off by pro-government or opposition forces.
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8 Jan 16
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has denounced the decision of the Yemeni government to expel the UN human rights representative from the war-torn country.
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6 Jan 16
Civilians in Yemen continue to suffer a “terrible toll” as fighting continues into the new year following a short-lived ceasefire in late December, the United Nations has said.
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5 Jan 16
European countries and members of the OECD must pick up the slack in their aid funding to Syria and surrounding countries, UK parliamentarians have said.
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18 Dec 15
An agreement has been reached to unify the two rival governments of Libya at UN-backed peace talks in Morocco.
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17 Dec 15
A number of international actors this week voiced grave concerns about an impending descent into catastrophic violence in Burundi and called for urgent action.
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20 Nov 15
The ongoing war in Yemen has brought its education and health systems to the brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official has warned.