In response to a video being circulated on social media purportedly showing soldiers throwing dead bodies onto a pile of burning household items in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern…
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The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocates US$ 6 million for the urgent needs of people affected by humanitarian crises in Cameroon
The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator (USG/ERC), Martin Griffiths, approved the allocation of US$ 6 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide lifesaving and protection assistance to people affected by the…
Read MoreRepublic of Congo to host high-level UN meeting on security issues in Central Africa: president
BRAZZAVILLE, President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso announced hosting a high-level meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa in Brazzaville from Jan 12 to 16.He made the annou…
Read MoreTen 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…
Read MoreSecurity 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…
Read MoreUN 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…
Read More5 countries start responsibilities as newly elected members of UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS, Five countries — Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland — on Tuesday began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.Their two-year term officially started on Jan 1, but the fi…
Read MoreSouth 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…
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