East Africa’s economic powerhouse faces-off with Somalia, a failed regional state, at the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) after the latter rebuffed overtures seeking an out-of-court settlement over ownership of a disputed area in the Indian Ocean. At...
The climate change crisis is currently ravaging millions of peoples’ livelihoods in the Horn of Africa leading to a rapid increase in demand for humanitarian needs and assistance. As a result, the intensity of cyclic droughts are becoming more severe,...
This Wednesday, October 2, marks the one-year anniversary of the atrocious killing of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul. And even as the privileged Saudi Arabia faces UN investigations into human rights abuses and accusations of war crimes in...
There have always been two versions of President Trump. One is the rather unhinged Trump, a role he seems to thoroughly enjoy. The other is teleprompter Trump. A controlled, almost mundane alter-ego bound by verbose speeches, written by Stephen Miller....
The United Nations General Assembly, also known as UNGA, starts in New York this week, with political, business and civil society leaders converging on the world’s most prominent diplomatic stage for a week of events, meetings, and of course clashes...
On Wednesday, Sept. 4, the United Nations published a report saying that the United States, the United Kingdom, Iran and France – among other countries – may be complicit in war crimes by backing the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen with...
The United Nations is held to high standards and is perpetually scrutinised over its partnerships with authoritarian governments, but a recent scandal involving Saudi Arabia has truly irked human rights groups. The world body has faced a barrage of criticism...
The United Nations has announced a plan for the release of tens of thousands of women, children, elderly, and sick Syrians who are languishing in detention as the country’s civil war grinds towards a bloody conclusion. Addressing the UN Security...
Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli, known for his anti-corruption stance, but also his growing politically repressive, authoritarian regime, has called for a lift of “illegal” economic sanctions against Zimbabwe. Speaking at the end of the 39th Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
The United Nations’ reputation as a fair broker in the Middle East has been rocked by a series of allegations that its officials in Palestine and Yemen are guilty of graft, sexual misconduct and other misdeeds. UN spokesman Stephan Dujarric...
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