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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday accused Rwanda of direct aggression, renewing charges as he addressed the ...

Global leaders called Tuesday for urgent efforts to address global food insecurity amid fears of disastrous harvests next year, as ...

Africa offers a vast underdeveloped market for global sports, with thousands of athletes ready to join international ranks if only ...

UN investigators said Monday they believed Ethiopia's government was behind ongoing crimes against humanity in Tigray and warned the resumption ...

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate recently traveled to the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa to hear from children suffering from starvation. ...

US climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday urged African countries to help overcome divisions between rich and poor nations at ...

The world's poorest countries say they will insist that the UN's upcoming climate talks push ahead with proposals for a ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has praised Kenya for conducting a peaceful election. Through a statement, Guterres stated that Kenyan authorities ...

The UN forecast on Monday, July 11 announced that the world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion on November ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged the international community to "fully invest" to help impoverished Niger fight jihadist insurgents ...

The teenage refugee from the war-torn region of Tigray in Ethiopia had just had a narrow escape from drowning in ...

Ethiopia on Thursday failed to block the United Nations from funding an international committee that will investigate human rights violations ...

The UN Security Council on Thursday voted unanimously for a new African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab insurgents ...

With the world focused on Ukraine, UN mediators are trying to avoid a political crisis degenerating into new violence in ...

The Security Council quietly let a deadline pass for it to renew UN authorization to fight piracy in waters off ...

Two protesters were shot dead during protests in Sudan on Thursday, as UN and African Union officials warned that the ...

What can be done to prevent Africa from becoming the world's biggest dumping ground for plastic? That's one of the ...

More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic ...

The United Nations slammed baby formula makers Wednesday for "unethical" marketing strategies, accusing them of aggressively targeting expecting parents and ...

Security in Mali has improved but freedom of expression has worsened, an independent UN expert said Tuesday, in the latest ...

The UN warned Tuesday that authorities and aid workers were racing against the clock to protect people as Madagascar braces ...

The United States and Egypt on Monday launched a working group to prepare for the COP27 climate summit this year, ...

Sudanese security forces on Sunday fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against last year's military coup, an AFP correspondent said, ...

The Central African Republic's army, accompanied by a Russian paramilitary group, sparked panic earlier this week in the center of ...

South Sudan risks a return to war, the United Nations warned Friday, with outbreaks of interethnic violence and political infighting ...

Uganda protested Thursday at an order by the UN's highest court for it to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The UN mission in Mali has suspended all but medical evacuation flights in the war-torn country pending negotiations with Malian ...