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NZ Parliament debates call for ceasefire in Gaza

Posted on 08 December 2023

In Parliament on Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters passed a motion regarding the Middle East conflict, urging "all parties involved in the conflict — as well as countries with influence in the…
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Calls for "true ceasefire" as Gaza's humanitarian pause continues

Posted on 30 November 2023

The humanitarian pause in Gaza, initially set to conclude on Monday, is predicted to extend further amid complex negotiations. During the initial pause, Hamas released 81 hostages and Israeli prisons released 180 Palestinian…
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Children’s “rights under attack” says UNICEF Executive Director on World Children’s Day

Posted on 23 November 2023

On 20 November, World Children’s Day was celebrated globally, commemorating the UN General Assembly adopting the Rights of the Child in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in…
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Escalating humanitarian crisis as Gaza Israel conflict persists

Posted on 02 November 2023

UN Secretary General António Guterres says he is “deeply alarmed by the intensification of the conflict between Israel and Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in Gaza”, a conflict which “civilians have borne…
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Displacement in DRC heightened after escalation of violence

Posted on 20 October 2023

UNHCR have announced that 90,000 people in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been forced to flee their homes since the beginning of this month.
 
This…
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Outbreak of violence in Libya  

Posted on 24 August 2023

Fighting erupted in Tripoli early last week, with authorities having confirmed there were 55 killed, and almost 150 injured, in the conflict. 

The fighting was between two opposing milita, sparked by the…
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Ceasefire deescalates Gaza Strip fighting

Posted on 17 May 2023

On May 14, the European Union announced a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, commending Egypt on its role in facilitating the mediation.

Conflict between Israel and Palestine erupted on May 9 as Israeli military…
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Haiti on the verge of civil war as fighting escalates

Posted on 03 May 2023

Mercy Corps have expressed deep concern for the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Haiti, particularly following the clash on April 24, in which 14 suspected gang members were killed.
 
Although the conflict has…
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Tensions rise as Indonesia increases military operations in West Papua

Posted on 27 April 2023

Last week, over a dozen Indonesian soldiers aiming to rescue New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens have been reported as captured or killed when ambushed by Papuan separatist rebels.

The Indonesian Military (TNI)…
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Sudan's two-decade-long struggle with conflict.

Posted on 01 March 2023

Sunday marked the 20-year anniversary of the Darfur Genocide, an event sparking two decades of instability in Sudan.
 
The clash between rebel groups and the government in 2003 resulted in an estimated hundreds of…
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