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Ethiopian deputy Prime Minister addressed the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. Demeke Mekonnen Hassen stressed that domestic and external funds were required to unleash Africa's potential. He added that "the international…

Calling for a reform of the Security Council, the President of Kenya, William Samoei Ruto, called the institution “dysfunctional, undemocratic, non-inclusive, un-representative”. Addressing the General Assembly on Thursday during the…

The United Nations has summoned the governments of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar, as well as the European Union and the African Union, calling for increased support for humanitarian action as Sudan's neighbours face a constant influx of…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for measures to slow the birth-rate in the Arab world's most populous country, citing China's one-child policy as an example. "We need 400,000 births per year," said the leader of the…

Gabon’s coup appears to have given the country’s main opposition party some room for hope. After warmly thanking the army for having stood up against “an electoral coup", it called on the military to complete the counting of ballots from…

Gabonese deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba has called on his "friends all over the world to make noise" while under house arrest following a coup in the central African country. A video from an anonymous source shows Bongo distressed…

The leader of the mutinous soldiers who detained the democratically elected president in Niger addressed the nation, two days after the military takeover. General Abdourahmane Tchiani, who goes by Omar, said the country needed to change…

African leaders have gathered in Gigiri, Nairobi County for the African Union's fifth Mid-Year coordination meeting. The summit aimed among other things to address critical issues of African integration and division of labour. The…

International NGO, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), called on Friday for the "immediate" resumption of food aid distribution in Ethiopia. The call comes after the US government and the UN Food Programme (WFP) suspended food aid in May to…