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UN Top Headlines Updated for Africa Liberia: UN envoy says further progress needed to consolidate fragile peaceWhile the overall security situation in Liberia is stable, it also continues to be fragile, and further progress is needed in a number of areas to truly consolidate the peace, the top United Nations envoy to the West African nation said today. Distribution of key school supplies starts in Zimbabwe with UN and donor supportA major distribution of school supplies got under way today across Zimbabwe in an effort by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Government and international donors to ensure that every primary school student receives a textbook for all core subjects. UN welcomes agreement on final voters' list in Côte d'IvoireThe agreement reached on the final list of voters for next month's long-delayed presidential polls signals a major breakthrough in Côte d'Ivoire's electoral process, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the West African nation said today. UN health agency reports on spread of polio outbreak in Angola and DR CongoThe United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today that the recent outbreak of polio in Angola is spreading into other, previously polio-free parts of the country and the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UN agencies launch appeal to assist flood victims in Burkina FasoUnited Nations aid agencies and their partners today launched an appeal for more than $14 million to help the victims of flooding in Burkina Faso rebuild their homes and livelihoods over the next six month. UNICEF launches hygiene awareness campaign to help combat cholera in CameroonThe United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has begun a public awareness campaign about hygiene at primary schools across northern Cameroon in a bid to stem an outbreak of cholera that has killed hundreds of people. UN refugee agency alarmed at civilian loss of life in Somalia's capitalThe United Nations refugee agency today voiced alarm over worsening security in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, where fighting between forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and armed Islamists has killed more than 230 civilians and wounded at least 400 others during the past two weeks. Fresh clashes in Darfur kill dozens of civilians, UN-African Union mission reportsMore than 50 people have been killed and many more have been injured in clashes in Darfur amid rising tensions in the troubled region of western Sudan, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force reports. UN salutes Cape Verde's full ownership of free school meals programmeCape Verde's Government took full ownership of its free meals programme for schoolchildren today after more than three decades of collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), with the United Nations agency voicing hope that it will set an example for other developing countries to follow. Ban arrives in Rwanda to discuss upcoming report on DR Congo rights violationsSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in Kigali, where he plans to meet with Rwandan leaders to discuss the soon-to-be-released United Nations report on serious human rights violations committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003. UN News For Europe | UN News For the Americas UN News For Asia and the Pacific | UN News Main Headlines |
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