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Senegalese President Macky Sall and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have denounced the "unfair" representation of Africa in the UN Security Council, regretting that no African country is a permanent member. The Senegalese head of…

The United Nations has called on the Nigerian Government to implement the recommendation of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up to investigate issues surrounding the #EndSARS Protests of 2020. UN Resident and…

Young climate activists held talks with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Vanessa Nakate, Eric Njuguna and Elizabeth Wathuti were among the campaigners to meet the UN chief on the…

A senior UN official Volker Perthes, has discussed mediation options and possible next steps for Sudan with its ousted prime minister on Sunday, a day after hundreds of thousands of protesters hit the streets to demand an end to military…

The United Nations Libya mission says that the country's parliament should amend its election law to hold both presidential and parliamentary elections on 24th December as originally envisioned in a peace plan. The House of Representatives…

UN Security Council delegates, led by the ambassadors from the US, France and Niger, arrived in Bamako for two days of talks to push the military-led interim government for a return to democracy after two coups in nine months. The…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on authorities in Eswatini to respect the rights of children after schools were closed and a new wave of protests against Africa's last absolute monarchy was suppressed. Guterres said in a…

The pandemic has made the world more vulnerable to food insecurity, this is the message left by the director-general Qu Dongyu, of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO. Dongyu stated that the effects of the pandemic had pushed…

Two senior United Nations officials have been recalled from Ethiopia after audio recordings containing criticism of senior U.N. officials was released online, according to a letter and a U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) spokesperson. In the…

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hit back at Ethiopia over the government's expulsion of seven U.N. staff, demanding proof of accusations against them raised by Ethiopia's U.N. ambassador during a Security Council meeting. "It is…