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Protesters chant slogans and march in the street of Myaynigone township during the anti-coup demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 9, 2021. An information blackout under Myanmar's military junta worsened Thursday as fiber broadband service, the last legal way for ordinary people to access the internet, became intermittently inaccessible on several networks. (AP Photo)

US urges arms embargo and sanctions against Myanmar military

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

The banks of the Tekeze River, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border after Ethiopian forces blocked people from crossing into Sudan, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, March 16, 2021. Ethiopia is at right, and Sudan is on the left. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

UN chief: Sudan-South Sudan dispute will keep UN in Abyei

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Stephen Mudoga, 12, the son of a farmer, chases away a swarm of locusts on his farm as he returns home from school, at Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya Wednesday, March 17, 2021. It's the beginning of the planting season in Kenya, but delayed rains have brought a small amount of optimism in the fight against the locusts, which pose an unprecedented risk to agriculture-based livelihoods and food security in the already fragile Horn of Africa region, as without rainfall the swarms will not breed. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade

By TOM ODULA - Associated Press

Sudan group: Death toll in Darfur tribal violence now at 87

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Farmer Nega Chekole, 30, a Tigrayan refugee from Humera, touches his stitched wound in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, near the border with Ethiopia, on March 14, 2021. He says he was shot by militias before the war broke out on Nov. 4. The atrocities have been seared into the skin. It's often the only evidence at hand to show the world. Now Tigrayans by the thousands take shelter within sight of the homeland they left behind in northern Ethiopia, some of them told to leave or be killed. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

‘Leave no Tigrayan’: In Ethiopia, an ethnicity is erased

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

UN says death toll now 56 from clashes in Sudan’s Darfur

By MAGGIE HYDE - Associated Press

Russia and West spar over vote to punish Syria over weapons

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN says tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill 40 over 3 days

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN: Attack in Mali killed 4 UN peacekeepers and 23 attackers

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

4 UN peacekeepers killed in attack in north Mali and 19 hurt

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Anti-coup protesters run to avoid military forces during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday March 31, 2021. The Southeast Asian nation has been wracked by violence since the military ousted a civilian-led government on Feb. 1 and began to forcibly put down protests. (AP Photo)

UN envoy: Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN takes no action on latest North Korea missile tests

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell listens to a question during an online joint news conference with UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock at the conclusion of a conference 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region' at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria’s crisis

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

France rejects UN report its forces targeted Mali wedding

By BABA AHMED and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - This March 25, 2021, file photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test fire of newly developed new-type tactical guided projectile by the Academy of Defense Science, at an undisclosed place in North Korea. North Korea on Monday, March 29, 2021, accused the United Nations of a “double standard” over its dealings of the North’s recent missile launches, warning it of a serious consequence. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

N. Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters run around their makeshift barricade they burn to make defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day since last month's military coup. (AP Photo)

Funerals become scenes of Myanmar resistance, more violence

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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2018 file photo, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of U.N. Women, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in New York. The U.N. health agency and its partners have found in a new study released Tuesday, March 9, 2021 that nearly one in three women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetimes, calling the results a “horrifying picture” that requires action by government and communities alike. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of UN Women, called violence against women &quot;the most widespread and persistent human rights violation that is not prosecuted.” (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

UN commission urges equality for women in decision-making

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN-backed program laments vaccine supply woes, looks to US

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

A Palestinian medic prepares to give a shot of the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, at an UNRWA clinic in Gaza City, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The Palestinian Authority says it will receive 62,000 coronavirus vaccine doses through a World Health Organization partnership designed to help poor countries. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Report: Money key to reverse pandemic losses for poor

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Suseo Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday. March 25, 2021. North Korea on Thursday test-fired its first ballistic missiles since President Joe Biden took office, as it expands its military capabilities and increases pressure on Washington while nuclear negotiations remain stalled. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

UN renews mandate of North Korea experts, asks missile probe

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press