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International aid agencies are appealing for US$1.2 billion to provide vital humanitarian assistance for more than 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees living in five countries in 2021.
In a briefing in Geneva this week, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch said although some progress has been made in the peace implementation, humanitarian and protection needs remain high for South Sudanese refugees.
Patrick Oyet reports
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Tanzania's President Dr. John Pombe Magufuli has died at the age of 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced.
Isaac Lukando reports
Tanzania's President Dr. John Pombe Magufuli has died at the age of 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced.
Isaac Lukando reports
Tanzania's President Dr John Pombe Magufuli has died at the age of 61, the Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced.
Isaac Lukando reports
Australians are being asked for patience as the next stage of the country's vaccine rollout begins.
All Australians aged over 70 become eligible for the vaccine from Monday but many have reported problems booking appointments at GP clinics.
Shaun Bindley reports
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The man who allegedly shot and killed eight people at massage parlours in the US state of Georgia, has been charged with murder.
Police say 21-year-old Robert Long may have been a patron and has claimed to have a "sex addiction".
Six of the victims were Asian but police say they cannot yet confirm if the attacks were racially motivated.
It comes amid a sharp increase in crimes against Asian-Americans, which President Joe Biden has condemned, as Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The Hong Kong government says China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine is the victim of a smearing campaign. It's accusing unnamed organisations of deliberately misleading the public into believing the vaccine is dangerous.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
The Federal Reserve says the US economy will bounce back stronger from the coronavirus pandemic than previously predicted, forecasting 6.5 percent GDP growth this year.
The Fed also signalled it's not expecting to raise interest rates until at least 2023.
Our Washington correspondent Giles Gibson has more.
A judge has dismissed two jurors seated for the trial of a former police officer accused in George Floyd's death.
Floyd died after the policeman kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes on a Minneapolis street last May.
His death sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the globe.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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James Levine, the conductor who led the Metropolitan Opera in New York and before that many of the world's great orchestras, has died at the age of 77.
His career was overshadowed first by ill health, then by a series of allegations of sexual abuse and harassment going back decades.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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