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The Federal Government is set to inaugurate the Council for Small and Medium scale Enterprises in Nigeria (SMEs) as part of measures to support the over 40 million small businesses in Nigeria. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice…

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 UN Security Council on Friday voted to end a decade-old peacekeeping mission to Mali, whose military junta urged the troops' removal as it aligns with Russia. The Security Council voted unanimously on a resolution that will…

The Security Council adopted a resolution to extend the authorization for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) for six months, till 31st December 2023. In April 2022, the Security Council approved the replacement of…

Algeria, Sierra Leone, Guyana and South Korea were elected unchallenged to sit on the UN Security Council in 2024-25, while Slovenia handily beat Belarus for the only contested seat. The UN Security Council is made up of 15 members,…

Mozambique, Ecuador, Japan, Malta, and Switzerland got a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council, taking the two-year seats they won unopposed in June. In a tradition that Kazakhstan started in 2018, the five countries' ambassadors…

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday relaxing the embargo on arms exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a decision hailed by Kinshasa as an "injustice repaired”. The resolution removes language that previously…

The main events of the 10th summit of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States ended, with the departure of the Angolan president for another summit, the USA-Africa, in Washington. The Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister was…

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is initiating and embarking on new programmes and projects that will have meaningful impact on the life of citizens. The President of ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, who stated…

The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration has disbursed a total sum of N2,918,292,782.67billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for May 2022. The Minister of…