What’s critical for COP27 climate talks in Egypt?
After a year of devastating natural disasters, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) on climate change will seek to live up to its strapline – Together for Implementation –…
World Humanitarian Day 2022: the global humanitarian community celebration
World Humanitarian Day falls annually on 19th August worldwide and it is a UN recognized event. This day is dedicated to recognize and pay respect to all of the human aid…
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 2022
The United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is observed each year on August 9 to promote and protect the rights of the world’s Indigenous population. This event recognizes the achievements…
UN Security Council Meets in Emmergency over Gaza-Israel Violence
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday to discuss the situation in Gaza, with several members raising concerns despite the tenuous truce between Islamic Jihad militants and Israel…
UN peacekeepers open fire in DR Congo, causing death toll
At least two people have been killed and 15 wounded when members of the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) opened fire at…
UN chief Guterres slams oil and gas companies
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies and their financial backers and urged governments globally to “tax these excessive profits” to support the…
UN Secretary General requests to meet Presidents Putin and Zelenskyy to negotiate end to war
Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, has separately requested meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in their countries’ capitals to try to negotiate an end to…
Ghana on connecting African Diaspora
A high-level diaspora forum has held in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, on advocating for the recognition of the diversity and cultural contributions of people of African descent to the development…
United Nations is calling for an independent investigation into rape in Ukraine
The United Nations has demanded an independent investigation into rape and sexual violence in Ukraine, after allegations Russian troops committed such crimes during the continuing invasion of the neighbouring country. “We are…
U.N. suspends Russia from human rights body over Ukraine abuses
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted to suspend Russia from the organisation’s leading human rights body amid allegations that its soldiers killed civilians while retreating from the region around…
