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Women peacebuilders from 43 countries say gender-based violence is the common thread in their communities
More than 50 women peacebuilders from 43 countries are meeting this week at Maanzoni Lodge, outside Nairobi, to share mediation experiences from their communities. Almost every participant interviewed named the same threat: gender-based violence.
The price of exclusion: A young Kenyan lawyer counts what disability barriers cost
Ashura Michael is the Disability and Inclusion Advisor in the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office (UNRCO) in Kenya. Her work shows how circumstances, not ambition, divides young people.
Fewer than half of the national targets set to protect the world’s plants, animals and ecosystems are on track, the UN warns in a new report, days before countries gather in Yerevan, Armenia, for the COP17 biodiversity conference.
The cholera epidemic continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where more than 125,000 suspected cases and 3,644 suspected deaths were recorded between January 2025 and the end of September 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
The package originated in Entebbe, Uganda, bound for Cairo, containing 10 kilograms of thumb-sized pieces that could have been either bone or elephant ivory.
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