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EXCLUSIVE: UN rights envoy urges inquiry into abuses of Rohingya in Myanmar
The UN should launch an inquiry into military abuses of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslims, because the government is incapable of carrying out a credible investigation, the UN’s rights envoy will tell the Human Rights Council next month. Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, told IRIN that she will urge member…
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UPDATED: Trump action derails global refugee resettlement efforts
US President Donald Trump’s executive order, which went into effect on Friday afternoon, has suspended refugee resettlement to the United States for the next four months, blocked entry of Syrian nationals entirely until further notice, and reduced the country’s total refugee admissions for fiscal year 2017 by more than half. The actions of the new…
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EXCLUSIVE: Iraq War records reignite debate over US use of depleted uranium
By Samuel Oakford Freelance journalist based in New York, and regular IRIN contributor Data to be made public this week reveals the extent to which the weapons were used on “soft targets” Records detailing as many as 181,000 rounds of depleted uranium munitions shot in 2003 by American forces in Iraq have been unearthed by…
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After Israel’s elections, what prospects for Middle East peace process?
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, (IRIN) – Shortly before Israel’s elections on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that as long as he remained in power there would be no independent Palestinian state.“Whoever moves to establish a Palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical Islamic terrorist attacks against Israel,” he said. The…
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Post-flood health worries in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, (IRIN) – As waters continue to recede after floods that have affected more than 2.5 million Pakistanis, largely in the north eastern Punjab Province, health experts warn a further crisis may be unfolding with thousands of communities at risk of vector and water-borne disease. In its latest Pakistan flood report, the World Health Organization…
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Obama announces $37 billion business investment in Africa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 6 August 2014 / PRN Africa / — United States President Barack Obama announced a $37 billion investment in Africa, and another $110 million annual support to African Union peacekeeping efforts, at the end of the premier US-Africa Leaders’ Summit held in Washington DC, United States of America from 4-6 August 2014.…
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President Pohamba to attend Africa Leaders Summit in U.S
By Staff Reporter Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba is to attend the U.S. – Africa Leaders’ Summit to be hosted by United States President Barack Obama in Washington DC. In a media statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, about 50 African Leaders are expected to attend the summit on 5 – 6…
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Violence and displacement stretch Iraq’s health services
ERBIL, (IRIN) – Hospitals and clinics in areas of fighting in central Iraq are struggling to operate at full capacity due to crossfire, electricity and fuel shortages, and an exodus of staff, officials say. In addition, health services in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, which is hosting hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the fighting between…
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Threat of disease in Iraq villages flooded by militants
DUBAI, 27 May 2014 (IRIN) – Flooding caused by the forced closure of a major dam on the Euphrates river has destroyed villages and farms across a 200sqkm area west of Baghdad, leaving tens of thousands homeless and at high risk of waterborne diseases like cholera. Aid agencies – already stretched to the limit trying…
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