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NEW-YORK, United-States of America, 7 January 2019,-/African Media Agency/-More than 40 civilians have been reportedly killed during intercommunal clashes this week in northern Burkina Faso, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to issue a statement on Friday night condemning the violence and “deteriorating security situation” in parts of the West African country. The

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA, Switzerland, 7 January 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting local authorities in the Republic of the

NEW-YORK, United-States of America, 7 January 2019-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants states that “migration should be a choice, not a necessity”. However, there are countless groups of forced and involuntary migrants, including refugees, stateless persons, people who are trafficked and those internally displaced by disasters and

LONDON, England, 7 January 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Following further closures of media outlets and a mounting crackdown on internet and mobile messaging in the wake of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes Joan Nyanyuki said: “The

In the wake of the Somali Government’s decision last week to expel the head of the UN’s assistance mission, UNSOM, the Security Council on Saturday cautioned that 2019 would be “a critical year” for the east African nation that is reconsituting itself after decades of conflict. NEW-YORK, United-States of America, 7 January