Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed Appointed Deputy UN SG
Nigeria’s Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed, was appointed on Thursday by the New United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his Deputy Secretary-General (DSG). Guterres made the […]
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U.S. Sanctions DR Congo Top Officials
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Tuesday, imposed sanctions on Democratic Republic of Congo’s Evariste Boshab and Kalev Mutondo, accusing them of […]
UN: Spain sidelines Western Sahara issue as it chairs UN Security Council December meeting
Spain has dealt a blow to Algiers-backed Front Polisario as it crossed the Western Sahara issue off its agenda as chair of the UN Security […]
South Sudan: Kiir rejects amnesty for ‘violent’ Machar
South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir on Sunday said denouncing violence is the only way exiled vice-president and rebel leader Riek Machar will be granted amnesty. […]
COP22: Gabon, Equatorial Guinea ink deal resolving border dispute
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea officials on the margins of COP22 in Marrakech on Wednesday, agreed on a compromise aimed at submitting to the International Court […]
Africa Action Summit, a Milestone in Addressing Climate Change
The Africa Action Summit was held on November 16 in Marrakech with the participation of several African Heads of state and government and was wrapped […]
COP 22: Mugabe concerned about water situation in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe on Tuesday, expressed concern about the water situation in his country. The southern African nation is one of those adversely affected […]
Burundi seeks successor of UN envoy Jamal Benomar
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza on Monday asked the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to appoint a new envoy after the government rejected Moroccan diplomat […]
King Mohammed VI: COP22, Decisive Conference For Implementation of Paris Accord
King Mohammed VI stressed Tuesday in Marrakech the importance of the 22nd UN conference on climate change, convening in Morocco, saying COP22 is a decisive […]
Gambia notified UN to leave the ICC by Nov. 2017
The United Nations on Monday disclosed that Gambia’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will take effect on November 10th, […]