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Eritrea and Cameroon join UN Human Rights Council

The UN General Assembly voted in fresh members of the UN Human Rights Council

The UN General Assembly has been meeting in New York where it has voted Eritrea, Cameroon, Somalia, Burkina Faso and Togo onto the 18 nation UN Human Rights Council. But independent advocacy groups are unhappy with this, saying that some of these countries are some of the worst violators of human rights + Nearly forty people have died in landslides in eastern Uganda - with fears the death toll could rise + No cash - no bread: Zimbabweans wrestle with a shortage of currency notes and sharp price hikes

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