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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has met with newly appointed UN special envoy for Libya Jan Kubis in Cairo, where they discussed the Libyan crisis and ways of achieving a political settlement in the war-torn country, said the…

The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General, Mrs Amina Muhammed has pledged the support of the UN to Nigeria’s digital economy sector while urging the federal government to invest in technology. Muhammed stated this while on a…

The UN secretary-general's Special Envoy for Libya Jan Kubis has condemned an assassination attempt on the UN-backed government's Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha in the capital city of Tripoli. "Special Envoy for Libya Jan Kubis…

The U.N. Security Council has called on Somalia’s federal government and regional states to urgently resume talks and agree on arrangements to hold elections as soon as possible. A September agreement allows for the president and others…

The United Nations special envoy on Yemen is visiting Iran for the first time to discuss Yemen’s crisis, Iranian state TV reported on Sunday, days after Washington announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen.…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced serious concern over the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region and asked for urgent steps to alleviate it. "The secretary-general remains seriously concerned over the situation in…

The number of people in South Sudan in need of aid has jumped from 7.5 million last year to 8.3 million, UN humanitarians said. The landlocked country has a total population of just over 11 million. The UN Office for the Coordination…