UN adviser meets rival Libya PMs
Tripoli – The UN chief’s special adviser in Libya, Stephanie Williams, met the country’s two rival prime ministers Sunday, urging... Read more
14 Feb, 2022
South Sudan risks return to war, UN warns
Juba – South Sudan risks a return to war, the United Nations warned Friday, with outbreaks of interethnic violence and... Read more
12 Feb, 2022
Aid operations in Tigray ‘largely reduced or suspended’, UN says
Nairobi – Fuel and cash shortages have forced humanitarian operations to a virtual standstill in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, the... Read more
11 Feb, 2022
Tunisia must restore judicial watchdog, say UN, Western envoys
Tunis – Western envoys to Tunisia and the UN rights chief urged President Kais Saied on Tuesday to restore... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
Cyclone Batsirai nears Madagascar, poses ‘very serious threat’
Ampasipotsy Gare – Cyclone Batsirai was expected to reach eastern Madagascar on Saturday, posing a “very serious threat” to millions... Read more
5 Feb, 2022
DRC court sentences 51 to death in murder of UN experts
Kananga – A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday sentenced 51 people to death, several in absentia, in... Read more
30 Jan, 2022
Nearly 40% of Tigrayans face ‘extreme lack of food’, says UN
Addis Ababa – Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia’s Tigray face “an extreme lack of food” amid an extended... Read more
29 Jan, 2022
Food aid at ‘all-time low’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray, says UN
Nairobi – The Ethiopian region of Tigray has never had so little emergency food, after 14 months of war, the... Read more
21 Jan, 2022
Mali’s UN mission says flights resuming after suspension
Bamako – The UN mission in Mali said on Thursday it had resumed flights over the Sahel region as part... Read more
21 Jan, 2022
UN’s Western Sahara envoy meets with Polisario chief in Algeria
Algiers – The UN’s new Western Sahara envoy met on Sunday with the leader of the pro-independence Polisario Front... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
