The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, the majority committed by those with links to the ruling party, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Thursday.
Despite a (...)
An alarming number of human rights abuses have been carried out against civilians this year by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
In the two most affected provinces of North Kivu (...)
The UAE has announced that fully vaccinated holders of valid residence visa will be allowed to come back from the countries previously on the suspended list, starting from Sept. 12, 2021, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
This was announced (...)
The General Assembly this Thursday held a commemorative event to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, where current chief António Guterres, noted that in his passing, the world had lost "a noble (...)
Although UN peacekeeping missions can help put a country on the right track following conflict, only a commitment from national governments can keep it there over the long term, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a Security Council meeting (...)
A deadly outbreak of meningitis has been declared in a northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the World Health Organization (WHO) have been supporting health authorities to deploy an initial emergency response (...)
A resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday.
Poverty, conflict and displacement are contributing to the (...)
Protection for children caught up in war must be at the heart of the international agenda, including COVID-19 response, a senior UN official said on Monday.
Virginia Gamba, the secretary-general's Special Representative for Children and Armed (...)
A case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in Cote d'Ivoire for the first time since 1994, the country's Ministry of Health has confirmed. The World Health Organization (WHO) is coordinating the delivery of vaccines to the country.
In a statement (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the (...)
Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks against women and girls, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.
The alert was prompted by what UNHCR has called "widespread and (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Guinea following a confirmed death from Marburg virus disease, the first known case in the country and West Africa, the UN agency reported on Wednesday.
Marburg, a highly infectious disease that (...)
Life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine is being cut off in several countries by fighting and blockades, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Program (WFP) said in a new report issued on Friday.
Of grave concern (...)
A new wave of COVID-19 cases is sweeping across Africa, driven by the more transmissible Delta variant.
Less than 2 percent of Africa's 1.3 billion people have received even one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
"The speed and scale of Africa's third wave (...)
With cases now doubling in Africa every three weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 has spread to 16 countries and it is present in three of the five nations reporting the highest caseloads.
The variant is the most contagious yet — up to 60 percent (...)
JEDDAH — The United Arab Emirates has banned citizens from traveling to countries that are on its travel ban list.
In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the UAE's National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) and the (...)
The Sudanese Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Prof. Yasser Abbas, travelled today to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to take part in the 24th periodic ministerial meeting of the Southern Nile Basin countries, with the participation of (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulation to President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of (...)
The disregard for children's rights amid war and upheaval "is shocking and heartbreaking", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday during a high-level open debate in the Security Council, held virtually.
Guterres urged warring parties (...)
ROME — The Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh (the so-called IS) reiterated its determination to continue the fight against the terrorist organization and to create conditions for its enduring defeat through a comprehensive, coordinated, and (...)
RIYADH — Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan made a phone call on Saturday to his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed to congratulate him on the UAE's election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Prince Faisal (...)
The United Arab Emirates has decided to suspend entry for travelers coming from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the UAE's official news agency WAM said on (...)
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners are working to restore water supply to roughly 200,000 people, including some 100,000 children, affected by the volcanic eruption last month in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (...)
