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UN Human Rights Office to open country office in Burkina Faso

October 8, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will open an office in Burkina Faso, to contribute to the promotion of human […]

Mohamed Béavogui, former senior UN official, appointed Prime Minister of Guinea

October 7, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Guinea’s new transitional president, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who came to power in a September 5 coup, appointed veteran development worker Mohamed Béavogui as transitional Prime […]

Guinea: ECOWAS sanctions the junta and demands a six-month transition

September 17, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

The extraordinary summit of ECOWAS ended Thursday evening, September 16, with a series of measures against Guinea. It is a message of firmness that the […]

Sudan to surrender former President Omar al-Bashir to the ICC

August 12, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

Sudan will hand over former autocrat Omar al-Bashir and two other leaders to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has been seeking them for more […]

Cooperation: 300 Rwandan peacekeepers deployed in Central African Republic

August 5, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (UNMISCA) received on Tuesday the reinforcement of 300 Rwandan peacekeepers to secure the vital supply route […]

Ethiopia: UN condemns “dangerous” accusations of bias against aid workers in Tigray

August 4, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

The United Nations on Tuesday condemned the Ethiopian government’s “dangerous” accusations of bias against aid workers in Tigray, a war-torn region where food aid is […]

Tanzania’s Chadema party says leader Freeman Mbowe arrested

July 22, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

The chairman of Tanzania’s main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, was arrested along with 10 other party members in the northwestern city of Mwanza where they […]

OHCHR denounces “assassinations and systematic violations by Algerian security forces” against Sahrawis in Tindouf

April 8, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The OHCHR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) has denounced the “systematic violations” committed by Algerian security forces against the Sahrawis […]