GAZA | Xinhua | “The humanitarian situation throughout the Gaza Strip is beyond imagination,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East warned on Sunday. The UN agency said on social media platform X that “as the complete blocking of supplies essential for survival …
Read More »Trump nominates Mike Waltz as US ambassador to UN
NEW YORK | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated his national security advisor Mike Waltz as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “In the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National Security Advisor while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department,” …
Read More »Two-State solution ‘is near a point of no return,’ warns UN chief
UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the two-State solution to the Palestinian question “is near a point of no return.” In remarks to the UN Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, Guterres said the …
Read More »Tariff escalation holding back African industrialisation, UN finds
The report finds African governments impose average export tariffs of more than 13% on finished consumer goods, compared to under 4% for primary goods ANALYSIS | JOHN BASQUILL | Tariff structures in developing markets are holding back efforts to add value domestically and export finished goods, limiting firms’ access …
Read More »M23 cancels meeting with UN group of experts
KINSHASA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have cancelled a discussion with a United Nations (UN) group of experts amidst continuous fighting with Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers and coalition in the eastern part of the country. A UN group of experts …
Read More »UN human rights chief ‘horrified’ by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
GENEVA | Xinhua | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said Tuesday that he was “horrified” by the Israeli airstrikes and shelling in Gaza, which have reportedly killed hundreds. “This will add tragedy onto tragedy,” Turk said in a statement. Turk emphasized that the past 18 months of …
Read More »Chinese FM: China sincere friend, reliable partner of Uganda
UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | China will always be a sincere friend and reliable partner of Uganda on the African country’s road to development and revitalization, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made …
Read More »UN: Over 100,000 Congolese fled fighting in South Kivu province
UN | TASS | The number of civilians who fled from the province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to escape from clashes between rebel group “March 23 Movement” (M23) and government forces has surpassed 100,000, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of …
Read More »WHO, UN Report: 700 killed during Goma City capture
Kinshasa, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Assessments conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations (UN), and partner organizations have reported that 700 people were killed during the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels’ insurgency in Goma City, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the UN …
Read More »UN evacuates staff to Uganda following conflict in eastern DR Congo
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda said on Tuesday that the United Nations has evacuated part of its staff from Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following intense fighting. Henry Okello Oryem, Uganda’s minister of state for foreign affairs in charge of international cooperation, told Xinhua …
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