UN General Assembly: A world ‘in peril’, pressures of war and climate hit the continent
By France24
21 September 2022 |
3:41 pm
Senegal's Macky Sall takes to the stage at the UN General Assembly in New York and tells the world there are other crises to address besides Ukraine. Authorities in Uganda declare an Ebola outbreak after a 24-year-old man died of the disease, the first since 2019.
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