At least 40 killed, over 200 injured at Iranian commander Soleimani’s funeral

By Reuters,

Dozens of people were killed in a stampede as mourners packed streets for the funeral of a slain Iranian military commander in his hometown on Tuesday...

At least 30 killed in Libya military academy attack

By Reuters,

At least 30 people were killed and 33 others wounded in an attack on a military academy in the Libyan capital late on Saturday, the health ministry of...

libya

Uhuru in Jordan, seeks support for U.N. council seat

By Duncan Mutwiri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Saudi Arabia. During the meeting on the sidelines of the Future I...

Jordan , Uhuru kenyatta

Kenya, Somalia trade threats in Indian Ocean dispute

By VOA,

Analysts warn that tension could rise as a U.N. hearing nears on a Kenya-Somali territorial argument. Kenya's parliament recently called on Preside...

International Court of Justice (ICJ) , kenya-somalia maritime dispute

Car bomb explodes in Libya’s Benghazi, killing 3 UN staff

By Reuters,

A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed three U.N. staff members and two other mission members on Saturday, the United Nati...

Libyan National Army (LNA) , United Nations

UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children

By VOA,

More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...

Afghanistan , Conflicts , somalia , The United Nations (UN)

UK to send 250 troops to Mali for peacekeeping operations

By Reuters,

Britain is to send 250 troops to the troubled African nation of Mali next year helping take part in the world's deadliest peacekeeping operation. T...

Britain , MALI , United Nations

ICC prosecutor seeks Bangladesh and Myanmar investigation

By Reuters,

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday moved closer to opening a full investigation into alleged crimes against the Rohingya ...

Bangladesh , ICC prosecutor , investigation , Myanmar , ROHINGYA

In “climate apartheid”, rich will save themselves while poor suffer – UN report

By Reuters,

The world is on course for "climate apartheid", where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor bear the brunt,...

Climate Apartheid , U.N. Human Rights Council

U.N. rights boss says Sudan must halt repression, allow monitors access

By Reuters,

Sudanese authorities must grant human rights monitors access to the country and end “repression” against protesters and the shutdown of the Intern...

Michelle Bachelet , Sudan , United Nations

Sudan’s protesters accept roadmap for civilian rule

By VOA,

Sudan's protest movement accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long sta...

Ahmed Rabie , demonstrations , Ethiopia , Sudan

U.N. rights chief Bachelet urges Venezuela to release prisoners

By Reuters,

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged Venezuela’s government to release prisoners who were arrested for peacefully protesting, a...

Bachelet , human rights , prisoners , U.N , Venezuela

Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could h...

Donald Trump aborted a military strike , unmanned U.S. drone

Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal

By VOA,

Sudan’s ruling military has acknowledged that security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse a protest sit-in camp outside the ...

Gen. Shams Eddin Kabashi , human rights , Sudan Protests , The United Nations (UN)

At least 95 killed in Mali massacre

By VOA,

At least 95 people were killed Monday in central Mali when armed men attacked a village overnight, shooting people and setting homes on fire. Mali ...

mali massacre

UN moving civilian staff out of Sudan for now

By VOA,

The United Nations said Wednesday it is temporarily removing some civilian staff from Sudan because of the security situation in the country, where se...

Sudan Protests

US draws Eritrea closer with removal from terror list

By VOA,

The United States has removed Eritrea from a terror list, the latest in a series of diplomatic victories for the East African nation. The U.S. Stat...

terror list

Gov’t ‘not aware’ of JKIA standoff with Somalia Gov’t officials

By Muia Joseph,

The Government has denied reports that Somalia officials were denied entry at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) over the maritime standof...

Cuban doctors kidnapped , jkia , somalia

U.N. calls on Tunisia to immediately release detained official

By Reuters,

The United Nations called on Tunisia on Wednesday to immediately release a U.N. official who was detained more than six weeks ago as part of an invest...

Moncef Kartas , Stephane Dujarric , tunisia , United Nations

U.S. seizes North Korean ship it accuses of violating sanctions

By Reuters,

The United States has for the first time seized a North Korean cargo ship it accused of illicit coal shipments in violation of U.S. and United Nations...