LONDON— The UK has announced £36 million (approx. US$ 42 million) in UK humanitarian funding to help people in Ukraine, East Africa, and Syria. People whose lives have been upended by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, drought and food shortages in East …
PARIS— The last batch of France’s Operation Barkhane troops left Mali on Monday, marking the end of nearly a decade of bilateral military cooperation.“Today, at 13.00 (Paris time), the last military unit of the Barkhane force present on Malian territor…
UNITED NATIONS The rotation of peacekeeping troops in and out of Mali has resumed after a month’s suspension by the Malian government, a UN spokesman said.The rotations began Monday with a contingent from Bangladesh, said Stephane Dujarric, chief spoke…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Amir Mahmoud Abdulla of Sudan as United Nations Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative.The Initiative was launched by Ukraine, Türkiye, Russian Federation and …
A UN-chartered vessel should soon arrive at the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny, also known as Pivdennyi, to collect wheat that will help feed millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Friday.This will be the …
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): The inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaborated with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) organised a Regional Workshop on Gender Dimension of Labour Migration, today, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The …
UNITED NATIONS, — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accused oil and gas companies of making “excessive” profits from the energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine, calling it “immoral.”Guterres, releasing a UN report on the consequences of Russia…
As Europe seeks to wean itself off Russian natural gas, Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria have revived a decades-old, multi-billion-dollar gas project.The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) could send up to 30 billion cubic meters of gas per year to Europe fr…
