Niger coup: US offers ‘unflagging’ support to ousted leader as sanctions threatened
UN, US and France all call for a return to order after Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani declares himself the new head of state The United States...
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US citizen crosses border from South Korea into North Korea
UN Command says US soldier is in custody after crossing border without authorisation A US soldier who crossed into North Korea during a tour of...
UN unable to feed 100,000 Haitians this month amid ‘catastrophic’ conditions
The World Food Programme’s Haiti response is only 16% funded with more than half of the country’s population regularly hungry The World Food Programme (WFP)...
Sudan on brink of all-out civil war, UN chief warns, after airstrike kills at least 22
António Guterres decries conflict’s ‘utter disregard’ for human rights law as clashes reported in multiple states Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil...
‘Safe and effective’: first malaria vaccine to be rolled out in 12 African countries
An initial 18m doses will be delivered over the next two years to combat a disease that kills nearly half a million children annually A...
UK foreign secretary calls for expansion of UN security council
James Cleverly says global south deserves more powerful voice at top table and review needed into five permanent members’ veto The global south deserves a...
UN expert calls for arms embargo on Haiti amid gang violence
William O’Neill says ‘survival of a nation’ is at stake and also calls for deployment of an international force A UN official has called for...
Peru violated rights of 13-year-old girl repeatedly raped by father, UN rules
Authorities denied pregnant Indigenous girl her legal right to an abortion and ‘re-victimised’ her, UN child rights committee says Peru violated the rights of a...
Aid agencies raise alarm as solo children cross Chad border to flee Sudan fighting
Unicef says ‘more and more unaccompanied children’ among thousands of refugees streaming across 1,000km-long border Hundreds of unaccompanied children have crossed the border from Sudan...
Romania recalls ambassador who allegedly compared monkey to African diplomats
UN’s Africa group ‘not prepared to participate’ with Dragos Viorel Tigau after alleged comment in Kenya The Africa group within the United Nations said it...
