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Yemen's warring parties renew truce for two months: UN
Yemen's warring parties renew truce for two months: UN
by  AFP

Yemen's warring parties agreed to extend a four-month long truce for a further two months just hours before it was due to expire, the United Nations announced Tuesday. - 'Progress slowed' - More than two thirds of Yemen's 30 million people need humanitarian aid, a UN official said last month, and the country has been pushed to the brink of famine.

Perennial insecurity fuels DR Congo's anti-UN protests
Perennial insecurity fuels DR Congo's anti-UN protests
by  AFP

Violent anti-UN protests that rocked eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, claiming 36 lives, reflect local anger at persistent insecurity in the turbulent region. Local anger boiled over on July 25, when anti-UN protesters ransacked MONUSCO bases in North Kivu's capital Goma.

Al-Qaeda faces succession quandary after Zawahiri killing
Al-Qaeda faces succession quandary after Zawahiri killing
by  AFP

The killing of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US drone strike will not affect the operations of the terror group's affiliates across the world, but opens the way for a potentially troubled succession process. Rita Katz, the director and co-founder of the SITE Intelligence Group, said the Al-Qaeda succession was the "big question" in the wake of the killing of Zawahiri.

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