Africa Free Trade Area, likely spur for growth and development
Dec 10, 2021, at 05:28 pm
New York: With productivity-boosting measures, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement could reduce poverty and inequality while spurring sustainable and inclusive growth, according to a report launched on Wednesday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD.
EU concerned over Ethiopia's possible further fragmentation, aggravation of armed conflict
Nov 05, 2021, at 12:00 am
Brussels/Sputnik: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed concerns over the recent escalation of fighting in Ethiopia, pointing to risks of further fragmentation of the country and spreading of the armed conflict, and also reiterated calls for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops.
Ethiopian Parliament approves state of emergency as Tigrayan Rebels advance: Reports
Nov 04, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Addis Ababa/UNI/Sputnik: The lower house of the Ethiopian parliament has approved imposing a state of emergency in the country in the last ditch effort to protect the population from the advancing rebels of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray (PNLF), Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported on Thursday.
Greater global solidarity needed to achieve peace and security for Africa
Oct 29, 2021, at 11:02 pm
New York: The deputy UN chief on Thursday emphasized the “vital importance” of peace and security in Africa, thanking ambassadors in the Security Council for helping the UN shine a spotlight on the issue, and how all Member States can work with the African Union and other regional and sub-regional groups, to make lives more secure across the continent.
New FAO report highlights urgent need to restore Africa’s degraded landscape
Oct 01, 2021, at 06:43 pm
New York:: The first-ever stocktake of Africa’s forests and landscapes, which was released on Wednesday finds slow progress in repairing Africa’s degraded lands and urges ramped up efforts for climate action.
Islamic State threat moves online, expands across Africa: Senior counter-terrorism expert
Aug 20, 2021, at 06:48 pm
New York: Two decades after the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York, terror networks Al-Qaida and Islamic State – also known as Da’esh – continue to pose a grave threat to peace and security, adapting to new technologies and moving into some of the world’s most fragile regions, the top UN counter-terrorism official told the Security Council on Thursday.
Congo: Pressure mounts between Chinese cobalt mine workers and their Chinese bosses
Aug 06, 2021, at 06:07 am
Beijing: Chinese companies are slowly entering the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in search of cobalt recently, triggering a new conflict in the region.
Nine in 10 African nations set to miss urgent COVID vaccination goal
Jun 11, 2021, at 05:16 pm
New York: Nine in 10 African nations look set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their populations against COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday.
Thousands flee fresh clashes in Central African Republic: UN agency
Apr 21, 2021, at 04:56 pm
New York: Recent fighting between government forces and rebels in northern Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 2,000 refugees into neighboring Chad over the past week, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
UN agencies appeal for $266 million to feed refugees in eastern Africa
Mar 03, 2021, at 09:15 pm
New York: A funding shortfall is putting the lives of some three million refugees in eastern Africa at risk, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday.
Secretary-General underscores need for peace and stability in Africa’s Sahel region
Feb 17, 2021, at 07:24 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General has underlined his concern for Africa’s Sahel region, where deteriorating security and violence are aggravating an already difficult humanitarian situation that is unfolding amid the COVID-19 pandemic and climate emergency.
UN envoy outlines progress towards cooperation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Oct 14, 2020, at 09:51 pm
New York: Even as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Africa’s Great Lakes Region continue to improve political, security and economic cooperation in line with a 2013 Framework agreement, UN Special Envoy Huang Xia told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Illicit capital robbing Africa and its people of their future: UN trade and development chief
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:59 pm
New York: Every year, an estimated $88.6 billion, which is equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP, leaves the continent in the form of illicit capital, according to UN trade and development agency UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2020, launched on Monday.
CAR President calls for better representation of Africa on the Security Council
Sep 25, 2020, at 09:20 pm
New York: Central African Republic, like nearly every nation on the planet, has not been spared by the COVID-19 pandemic, with indictors predicting a contraction by up to 1.2 of the country’s economic growth, President Faustin Archange Touadera said on Thursday, calling on world leaders to unite against the virus.
South African President warns pandemic has set back African development
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:49 pm
New York: Despite the continent-wide approach taken by African countries to combat COVID-19, the pandemic has set back their development aspirations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
Chinese debt trap policy is making Nigeria 'lose' sovereignty?
Aug 18, 2020, at 03:56 am
Abuja: African nation Nigeria is feared to be losing its sovereignty to China over bad debts, media reports said.
Radical Islamic terrorism: Pakistan busy opening diplomatic mission in African continent
Aug 11, 2020, at 01:27 pm
Islamabad: Amid rising radical Islamic terrorism in the continent, Pakistan is busy establishing diplomatic relations and setting up its diplomatic missions in the African countries.
UN-African Union mission condemns recent spate of deadly attacks in Darfur
Jul 29, 2020, at 06:15 pm
New York: The joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur, UNAMID, is calling for the Sudanese Government to arrest those responsible for the recent spike in violent attacks against peaceful protestors, civilians and displaced persons in various locations across the province.
Refugees in Africa ‘even more vulnerable than ever’ amid COVID crisis
Jul 10, 2020, at 02:24 pm
New York: Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity because of aid disruption and rising food prices linked to the COVID-19 crisis, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies at 61
Jul 09, 2020, at 10:08 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was due to take part in the October presidential elections as a candidate from the ruling RHDP (Houphouetist Rally for Democracy and Peace) party, passed away at the age of 61 on Wednesday after a government meeting, the country’s incumbent president and leader of the RHDP party, Alassane Ouattara, announced on his Facebook page on Wednesday.
Stand in solidarity to preserve Africa’s hard-won progress, urges UN chief
May 20, 2020, at 12:49 pm
New York/IBNS: The coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-earned gains Africans have made throughout the continent, the UN chief said on Wednesday, urging the world to stand in solidarity with the people, “now, and for recovering better”.
Economic impact of coronavirus threatens hard-won progress across Africa’s Great Lakes region
Apr 23, 2020, at 03:08 pm
New York/IBNS: Sweeping preventative measures seem to be curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the Great Lakes region of Africa, but the economic impact of the global pandemic threatens hard-won gains made along the long road back to peace and stability, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the region said on Wednesday.
Xi Jinping govt faces diplomatic crisis after reports of mistreatment of Africans in China surfaces
Apr 13, 2020, at 11:08 pm
Beijing/IBNS: China is facing a major diplomatic crisis in Africa as several nations have now voiced their concerns amid reports that African nationals are facing COVID-19 related racial discrimination in the East Asian country.
Rwanda reports four new COVID-19 cases
Mar 16, 2020, at 01:14 pm
Kigali/Xinhua: Rwanda's Ministry of Health on Sunday announced four new COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing its confirmed total to five.
Feb 10, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New York/IBNS: The challenges facing African nations are “complex, multi-faceted and far-reaching" but a “collective, comprehensive and coordinated” response by the global community will build on the momentum that already exists to help the continent thrive, the UN chief told the African Union Summit on Sunday.
Africa’s Sahel: Act now before the crisis ‘becomes unmanageable’, urges Grandi
Feb 06, 2020, at 08:59 am
New York/IBNS: The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is stepping up response in Africa’s Sahel region where escalating violence has forced a rising number of people to flee their homes.
Sub-Saharan Africa faces grave hunger challenges in 2020: UN food relief agency
Jan 01, 2020, at 09:34 am
New York/IBNS: At the dawn of the next decade, a new World Food Programme (WFP) forecast of global hunger hotspots has revealed that escalating hunger will challenge sub-Saharan Africa in the first half of 2020.
State Dept launches anti-terror training to protect US embassies in Africa: Statement
Dec 03, 2019, at 10:46 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The United States and Senegal launched a five-day antiterrorism training event for law enforcement teams throughout Africa assigned to protect embassies, the State Department announced in a press release.
Nov 05, 2019, at 05:09 pm
New York/IBNS: The road ahead “will not be easy” for the Horn of Africa, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Monday, briefing the Security Council on her Joint Solidarity Mission with the African Union (AU) at the end of October.
Oct 31, 2019, at 01:10 pm
New York/IBNS: The Security Council highlighted the growing partnership on matters of peace and security between the United Nations and African Union (AU) on Wednesday amidst calls to bolster overall effectiveness.