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Afghan men and women register as voters at a centre in Bamyan ahead of elections in October 2018.

Amidst deadly violence, UN calls on Afghan authorities to ensure voters can cast ballot

20 October 2018

Peace and Security

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Electoral Staff from Independent Election Commission (IEC) opening ballot boxes for counting in Herat, Afghanistan, on 18 September 2010.

UN deplores pre-election killings and attacks, urges Afghans to defy terror, and vote

19 October 2018

Peace and Security

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A woman walks with her child in Niger. 2018.

World population set to grow another 2.2 billion by 2050: UN survey

17 October 2018

Economic Development

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Collection of ballots for the election of members of the Human Rights Council at the General Assembly on 12 October 2018.

Human Rights Council election: 5 things you need to know about it

15 October 2018

News Story

UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

UN chief condemns deadly attacks in Afghanistan

14 October 2018

Peace and Security

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A woman along with her children runs across a dusty street in Herat, western Afghanistan. Civilians across the country continue to bear the brunt of the conflict.

Afghanistan: Civilians continue to die in record numbers, new UN report shows

10 October 2018

Peace and Security

News Story

Burundian refugees arriving from a transition camp in Nyanza are processed at Mahama camp in Rwanda's Eastern Province. (file)

Consequences of severe global funding shortages for refugees and migrants ‘all too real’, warns UNHCR

9 October 2018

Migrants and Refugees

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A funeral takes place for a Tolo news agency journalist killed in an attack on 5 September 2018 outside a sports centre in Kabul, Afghanistan (file).

Afghanistan: Civilian casualties caused by IEDs has reached ‘extreme levels’, UN warns

7 October 2018

Peace and Security

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Electoral Staff from Independent Election Commission (IEC) opening ballot boxes for counting in Herat, Afghanistan, on 18 September 2010.

Afghanistan: UN ‘outraged’ by new elections-related suicide attack

2 October 2018

Peace and Security

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A man smokes a cigarette at a road side rest stop in rural Nepal.

Tobacco control measures are working, but too slowly in less-developed countries: WHO

1 October 2018

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