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Africa: UN Climate Chief Warns Political Division Is Undermining Fight Against 'Economic Security Emergency'

[UN News] The head of the UN's climate body has warned that treating global warming as a partisan issue is dangerously out of step with reality, as he set out a stark account of the economic toll climate change is already inflicting on Europe.

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South Sudan: Human Cost of Violence in South Sudan 'Continues to Grow'

[UN News] Independent human rights investigators voiced deep concern over growing risks to both civilians and South Sudan's political transition following their latest fact-finding mission to the…

  • Ongoing violence, political strife, corruption endanger civilians in South Sudan
  • Commission Chair Yasmin Sooka met with survivors of recent fighting in Jonglei state
  • Commission warned elections lacking safeguards could lead to renewed conflict

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