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Ahead of polls, Ban calls on all Central Africans, including candidates, to ensure credible elections

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all Central Africans, including the candidates, to ensure that the presidential run-off and the new round of legislative elections, set to take place Sunday are conducted in a peaceful and...

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Mali: UN mission chief 'outraged' by attack against base that kills three peacekeepers

The top United Nations official in Mali said he is “outraged” by an attack earlier on 12 February against a UN camp in Kidal, in the north-eastern region of the country, which killed at least three peacekeepers and wounded 30 others.

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Dialogue, media literacy and pluralism ways to counter propaganda for war and hatred, participants at OSCE expert meeting say

Media experts, journalists, diplomats, policymakers and government representatives gathered in Vienna on 12 February for an expert meeting to discuss the different aspects of the phenomenon of propaganda and its effects on media freedom and ultimately...

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UK government introduces Policing and Crime Bill

UK Home Office has introduced new legislation which will aim to finish the job of police reform.

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