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ENTEBBE, Uganda -- "We know high population growth drives fragility. High population growth is a key driver of insecurity and instability. Unfortunately we continue to have little attention paid to such a vital public investment. Efforts are more to military response to crisis," said Mabingue Ngom, regional director of the United Nations Population Fund for West and Central Africa, here on Tuesday.
Governments of African countries should prioritize family planning to help reduce political crises, experts said on the sidelines of the 8th African Population Conference being held here 40km south of the Ugandan capital of Kampala.
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PYONGYANG -- "The United States always calls for negotiation for denuclearization, but there is no room to say about the negotiation before the complete and irrevocable withdrawal of its hostile policy toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the root cause of the nuclear issue of the Korean peninsula," the official Korean Central News Agency quoted Kim Yong Chol, chairman of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, as saying early Tuesday morning.
It will be possible to consult denuclearization only when confidence-building between the DPRK and the United States goes first and all the threats to the security and development of the DPRK are removed, he stressed.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- "We may deliver it to Congress tomorrow. I still want to take a look at it, and I want to send the softest possible proposal," Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday.
The president noted that he would not give any details about the bill to avoid any possible accusations against him over changes to the bill later on, which aims to change the rules for hiring public workers.
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LONDON -- Chinese Ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming said Monday that the Chinese government remains determined in its opposition to any external forces' interference in Hong Kong affairs, urging those external forces to immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs.
Speaking at a press conference held at the Chinese embassy in London, Liu noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping made clear the Chinese government's solemn position on the situation in Hong Kong recently during the 11th BRICS summit in Brazil. Enditem
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