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WASHINGTON, U.S.-Several private security companies, militaries, and foreign governments, including the United States, have arrived to help quell the growing insurgency in northern Mozambique which has, since 2017, claimed the lives of 4,000 people and caused the displacement of around one million more.

NEW YORK, U.S.--Failures on the part of UN Peacekeeping missions have been highly publicised and well documented – and rightly so. But if you look at the overall picture and crunch the data, a different and ultimately positive picture emerges.

NEW YORK, U.S.--More than 140 people have been killed in horrific intercommunal violence in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, briefing journalists in Geneva, that some victims had been beheaded.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Dirty money remains a threat to society, according to Swiss corruption watchdog, Basel Institute on Governance.

NEW YORK, U.S.--"The PRC's [Communist China's] long-term goal," the Pentagon wrote in 2020, "is to create an entirely self-reliant defense-industrial sector—fused with a strong civilian industrial and technology sector—that can meet the PLA's needs for modern military capabilities."

NEW YORK, U.S.--15 November 2022 is predicted to be the day that the global population reaches eight billion. The projection is revealed in the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 report, which also shows that India is on course to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023.

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia--In what should have been a consolatory meeting following a failed tour of the Pacific Island nations, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s June 5th visit to Malaysia’s Sabah state has sparked controversy and revealed a deepening rift between the two countries.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Pada 4 Jun 2022 baru-baru ini, semasa kunjungan sebentarnya di Sabah, Menteri Luar China, Wang Yi menyatakan kepada Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan mengenai minat negaranya untuk meneroka industri sawit di Sabah.

NEW YORK,U.S.--The health authorities of the African nation declared a new outbreak of Ebola after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Malaysians were treated with the horrifying prospect of having billions of dollars in the country's assets being seized over an obscure dispute on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, U.S.--As President Biden enters 2022, his administration is setting its sights on an Africa strategy.