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East Libyan forces launch air strike in central desert

Smoke rises following an air strike, Libya. File Photo Credit: Reuters   Forces loyal to Libya's eastern government said they had carried out an air strike...

Central African Republic violence worsening despite vote

Violent clashes are spreading in Central African Republic despite successful polls that elected a new government earlier this year, U.N. sanctions monitors have reported...

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). Guterres made the announcement through...

Troops and court needed fast to avert South Sudan genocide

Council-mandated Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Yasmin Sooka. Photo Credit: Reuters.   World powers can stop a "Rwanda-like" genocide in South Sudan if they immediately...

Gambia President Yahya Jammeh must step down – UN

Adama Barrow, left, accused Mr Jammeh of damaging democracy. Photo Credit: Reuters/AFP Gambian President Yahya Jammeh must hand over power after defeat in elections, the...

U.N. seeks record $2.7 billion aid for Boko Haram-hit Sahel

Refugees stand outside their tent at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County, Kenya October 19, 2011....

Aid convoys blocked in South Sudan

United Nations officials told Reuters on Thursday that attacks on aid workers and bureaucratic interference are preventing supplies from reaching tens of thousands of...

UN says ethnic cleansing is taking place in South Sudan

Women stand outside a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) site in Yei, in southern South Sudan which is now a center of the country’s renewed...

UN mission in DRC condemns deadly attack on Hutu village

The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have condemned Sunday’s attack on an internally displaced people’s camp by militiamen. The...

South Sudan ready for new U.N. force deployment

South Sudan's government has said it is ready to accept the deployment of a U.N. regional protection force at any time, after fighting in...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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