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18 Apr 17
The World Bank has slashed its growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa by almost one percentage point, as war and low oil prices batter the region’s economies.
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3 Jan 17
António Guterres has appealed for a year of peace in 2017 in his first address as the United Nation’s new secretary general.
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26 Sep 16
More than a quarter of the UK’s aid money will be spent by ministries other than its Department for International Development by 2020, forecasts have shown.
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18 Aug 16
South Sudan’s former vice president and rebel leader fled the country amid the most recent surge in violence last month, his aides have confirmed.
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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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8 Jul 16
Commitments to economic reform in South Sudan’s peace deal must be upheld urgently, Oxfam has stressed.
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2 Jun 16
South Sudan will fall into even deeper economic crisis, resulting in further suffering for its people and threatening the already fragile peace process, without a change in policy and support from...
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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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7 Apr 16
America’s international development agency USAID has announced nearly $139m worth of humanitarian aid for war-torn Yemen, often dubbed the world’s largest forgotten emergency.
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23 Feb 16
Russia and the US have reached a new deal to enforce a ceasefire in Syria from 27 February, subject to agreement between warring parties.
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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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15 Feb 16
Libya’s presidential council has announced a new line up of ministers who could form the war-torn country’s unity government, bringing fresh hopes for peace after years of violence.
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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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1 Feb 16
Against the backdrop of tentative peace talks, donors and the humanitarian community are preparing for a major conference on the Syrian crisis later this week.
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27 Jan 16
An arms embargo should be placed on South Sudan and the country’s president and rebel leader should be sanctioned over atrocities, a United Nations panel that monitors the conflict has said.
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19 Jan 16
Libya’s presidential council has announced the formation of a United Nations-backed government of national accord, after reports of disputes left some worried the plans might derail.
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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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21 Dec 15
Peace talks intended to end the conflict in Yemen have been stopped less than a week after they started following numerous reports of breaches in the agreed ceasefire.
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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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8 Dec 15
The European Commission has announced more than €100m to support decentralisation and local governance in Ukraine.