South Korea’s Culture Minister Arrested Over Arts Blacklist In Political Scandal
South Korean prosecutors arrested the culture minister on Saturday, on suspicion of abuse of power for drawing up a blacklist ...
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UN Appoints Mahama Co-Chair of Eminent Persons For SDGs
President John Dramani Mahama and the Prime Minister of Norway, Ms. Erna Solberg, have been appointed Co-Chairs of a group ...
Iran To Expand Military Spending, Develop Missiles
Iranian lawmakers approved plans on Monday to expand military spending to five percent of the budget, including developing the country's ...
High Time All African States Have Left the Eurocentric ICC
Last October Burundi, South Africa and the Gambia declared they were withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing reasons ...
Ban Ki-Moon Bids A Fond Farewell
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joked that he feels like Cinderella, as he prepares to step down at midnight on ...
Kitesurfing In the Dakhla Danger Zone
Throughout the year, kitesurfers in need of an adrenaline rush travel the globe to glide on the waters of the ...
Church Calls For Peace After Deadly Clashes
The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has appealed for a resolution to the ongoing political standoff ...
UN Member States Asked To Stop Human Trafficking
The UN Secretary-General yesterday (December 20, 2016) pleaded with Member States to take steps to help victims of human trafficking ...
AU and UN Laud Firm Stance of ECOWAS, 11 Envoys Desert Jammeh
The African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) have issued statements lauding the firm stance taken by the West ...
African States Narrowly Fail To Stop U.N. Gay Rights Envoy Work
African states narrowly failed on Monday for a second time to halt the work of the first U. N. independent ...
France, Fearing Massacres, Asks UN To Monitor Aleppo Evacuation
France has presented a UN Security Council draft resolution on sending observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and report on ...
UN Chief Could Run For S Korea Presidency
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hinted that he may shortly run for the presidency of his native South Korea. ...
Aleppo Evacuations Suspended
The evacuation of thousands of refugees from the besieged city of Aleppo has stopped and the status of the operation ...
Mahama Arrives In Abuja For ECOWAS Summit
President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, for an ECOWAS heads of state summit. This will be ...
Mahama Arrives In Abuja For ECOWAS Summit
President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, for an ECOWAS heads of state summit. This will be ...
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed Confirmed As New UN Deputy Secretary-General
New United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed as his Deputy Secretary-General (DSG). ...
Nigerian Appointed UN Deputy Secretary-General
The incoming Secretary-General of the UN, Mr. Antonio Guterres, has appointed Ms. Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as his deputy. ...
Jammeh Could Face Sanctions
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be “strongly sanctioned” if he tries to stay in power, the UN’s regional envoy, Mohammed ...
The Gambia President Jammeh Must Step Aside
The UN's West Africa envoy says Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh must step down when his mandate ends in January and ...
Ban Ki-Moon Directs Gambian Forces To Vacate Electoral Body’s Premises
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the military in The Gambia to vacate the premises of the ...