African Union leader urges overhaul of global governance
Diamniadio – Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who heads the African Union, on Monday deplored the “lack of coherence” from... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Food aid staving off famine in Somalia: UN
Geneva – The United Nations said on Friday that international food assistance to Somalia was the only reason why... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
South Sudan floods leave 75 000 refugees without food: UN
Geneva – The devastating floods in South Sudan have blocked aid from reaching displaced people, the UN said on... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Crisis-hit Sudan faces biggest threat yet: climate change
Khartoum – Conflict, coups, dire poverty: Sudan is reeling from multiple crises, but environmental activist Nisreen Elsaim warns a... Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Madagascar fires FM amid Russia UN vote controversy
Antananarivo – Madagascar’s president Andry Rajoelina has fired his foreign minister amid reports that his exit was sparked by the... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Roadside bomb kills three children in Mali
Bamako – Three children were killed on Tuesday when their go-cart hit a roadside bomb in central Mali, medical... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
UN says Somalia famine risk worst in half a century
Geneva – Somalia faces famine on a scale last seen half a century ago, the United Nations Children’s Fund... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
Fourth UN peacekeeper dies after Mali blast
Bamako – A fourth United Nations soldier has died from injuries from a highway bomb in northern Mali, a... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
UN chief warns Ethiopia war ‘spiralling out of control’
Addis Ababa – UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the situation in Ethiopia was “spiralling out of... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
UN Security Council split over security force for Haiti
United Nations – The UN Security Council split on Monday over sending an international force to Haiti to help... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
