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President Robert Mugabe of the Republic of Zimbabwe addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak

President Mugabe urges those harbouring ill will for Zimbabwe to cast aside hostility, ‘open new chapter’

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President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak

As host of UN hub against Ebola, Ghana calls for cooperated efforts to halt outbreak

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President Mahamadou Issoufou of the Republic of Niger addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak

‘The future of Africa is in unity’, says Niger’s President, among continental leaders at UN Assembly

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Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da Costa of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak

At UN debate, African leaders say global sustainability agenda must reflect local realities

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On the eve of his departure for Ghana to begin work at the helm of the UN's new Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), mission chief Anthony Banbury speaks with the UN press corps in New York. UN Photo/Yubi Hoffmann

Head of new UN Ebola emergency response mission arrives in Ghana

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UN chief to leaders: ‘The world can and must stop Ebola – now’

Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, addresses the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak

Terrorism, Ebola are impeding development, DR Congo chief tells UN

Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia, addresses the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard

Africa’s concerns must figure high in new development agenda, African leaders tell UN

Ebola response: medical supplies, including protective equipment and essential medicine, are loaded onto trucks at the Lungi International Airport in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone. Photo: UNICEF/Sulaiman Stephens

Ebola: UN mission readies to start work as virus death toll surpasses 3,000