Mali: Two UN Peacekeepers Killed
The United Nations says two U.N. peacekeepers from Sri Lanka were killed when their convoy hit a land mine in the West African nation of Mali. A spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said six other…
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US concerned at reported Nigerian election intimidation
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States said Thursday that Nigeria’s upcoming national elections will be “a critical test of democracy” in the country and the region, and expressed concern at reports of intimidation and…
UN report finds women migrants in Libya often face gang rape
GENEVA (AP) — The “overwhelming majority” of women and older girls who passed through Libya as migrants reported being gang-raped by traffickers or witnessed others taken away to be abused, the United Nations said Thursday…
Press Freedom: Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan Listed Unsafe for Journalists – CPJ
Somalia, South Sudan, and Nigeria are the African nations listed among the countries where killers of journalists can ‘get away with murder’. For the fourth year in a row, Somalia topped the Global Impunity Index…
UN: Mozambique’s Filipe Jacinto Nyusi Addresses the 73rd Session of the General Assembly
FILIPE JACINTO NYUSI, President of Mozambique, acknowledged the role of the United Nations in promoting dialogue and solving the conflict, as a forum for multilateral dialogue in globally assumed agendas. Saying “an unequal and fractured…
UN: Morocco’s Saad-Eddine El Othmani Addresses the 73rd Session of the General Assembly
M. SAAD-EDDINE EL OTHMANI, Prime Minister of Morocco, emphasized that new and innovative approaches are needed to advance multilateralism. International organizations must be made more efficient and capable to adapt to a changing world. Spotlighting…
UN: President Buhari Addresses the 73rd Session of the General Assembly
Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, addresses the general debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN. Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has unfolded Nigeria’s positions on international matters…
UN: World Leaders Laughed at Trump’s Bombastic Speech
Members of the United Nations‘ General Assembly laughed at Donald Trump after he told them his administration had “accomplished more than almost any … in the history of our country”. Mr Trump on Tuesday began…
UN: Human Rights Defenders in Malawi Under Threat
GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office warns human rights defenders and activists in Malawi are under increasing threat as pre-electoral politicking heats up before next year’s general election. The run-up to next May’s presidential,…
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Dies
GENEVA — Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was…