Category: Human Rights

Ten killed in boat accident; 10 missing, 80 rescued

KANO, Ten bodies were recovered Wednesday after a boat carrying more than 100 women and children broke apart on a river in northern Nigeria, a local official said.The vessel, ferrying passengers returning from a farm on the River Niger, broke in half a…

Security Council Report Monthly Forecast, January 2023

In January 2023, Japan will hold the presidency of the Security Council.??Japan plans to organise two signature events during the month. The first signature event is?a ministerial-level open debate on “The promotion and strengthening of the rule of law…

UN Security Council Welcomes New Members; 2 are First-Timers

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

South African Journalist, 90, Delivers News in the Desert

Armed with a flask of coffee, some boiled eggs and a towel to shield his bare legs from the scorching sun, 90-year-old Frans Hugo sets off every Thursday to deliver newspapers in the South African desert.Week in, week out, the elderly editor has made t…

TotalEnergies CHAN: Mozambique first to set foot in Algiers

The Mozambicans are the first to arrive in Algiers for the 7th edition of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship.The delegation of the Mozambique arrived in the Algerian capital on Friday, 30 December 2022 for the CHAN 2022 scheduled to take pl…