Tag: United Nations
UN truck hit by debris from apparent drone strike
United Nations
Flying debris from an apparent drone strike has damaged a World Food Program truck in Ethiopia’s...
UN General Assembly: Sahel security situation on the spotlight
United Nations
During the UN General Assembly, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, president of Guinea-Bissau and ECOWAS acting chair, seized...
UN chief warns global leaders: The world is in ‘great peril’
United Nations
Warning that the world is in “great peril,” the head of the United Nations says leaders...
Climate: UN chief urges developed countries to deliver on their pledges
United Nations
The World meteorological organization unveiled Tuesday an alarming multi-agency report on climate. The UN chief called...
EU leaders to discuss rise of infections, spread of omicron
BRUSSELS
A summit of European Union leaders on Thursday is trying to coordinate action to tackle the surge of coronavirus...
Another UN peacekeeper killed in Mali, 5th in a week
KIDAL MALI
A United Nations peacekeeper from Egypt was killed in Mali’s northern Kidal region on Friday, and another...
UN to halt joint UN-AU peacekeeping in Darfur by year’s end
SENEGAL
U.N. Security Council members decided to end the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s western Darfur region...
UN divided on timing to end UN-AU peacekeeping in Darfur
SUDAN
U.N. Security Council members affirmed their commitment to end the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s western...
UN: 11 migrants drown off Libya; third shipwreck in week
NIGERIA
At least 11 migrants trying to reach Europe, including a pregnant woman, drowned Sunday when their boat capsized...
Born to prevent war, UN at 75 faces a deeply polarized...
UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary Monday with its chief urging leaders of an increasingly polarized,...