UN Security Council Stories
The sanctions will remain in place until at least December 13, 2025, with member states authorised to seize vessels delivering weapons to Al-Shabaab.
Despite its initial momentum, the security mission remains underfunded, poorly equipped, and operating with only a fraction of the planned 2,500 secur...
The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels marched into Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, on Monday in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict in mo...
If elected, Somalia pledged to strengthen the AU's peacekeeping efforts by sharing "valuable lessons learned from its own experience fighting the terr...
Somalia said Palestinians lack basic necessities like food, water, shelter and medicines due to an Israeli aid blockade on Gaza.
A strong supporter of Palestine, Algeria aims to maintain its hardline stance against Israel on the global stage, advocating for the rights of the Pal...
The Somali government clarified that the current troop allocation for AUSSOM was finalised through bilateral agreements that have been in place since...
Many Libyans have voiced scepticism that their political leaders are negotiating in good faith.
The 15-member council unanimously endorsed the extension, which the United Kingdom authored.
Women in war zones are also increasingly suffering from restricted access to healthcare, the report said.
Guterres called for the reform of global institutions that remain outdated, especially highlighting the absence of a permanent African seat on the UN...
The Security Council also called for the full implementation of its resolution 1701, which was adopted in 2006 with the aim of keeping peace on the bo...
Whenever a permanent Council member casts a veto, a new mechanism introduced by Liechtenstein in 2022 automatically triggers the President of the Gene...
Those with permanent seats and veto power (Russia and China, the US, the UK and France) are reluctant to share it, for fear of diluting their own inte...
The Head of State called for addressing the historical injustice of Africa’s exclusion from permanent representation on the UN Security Council
Kimani stressed that reforming the UNSC should not happen without first achieving substantial reforms within the AU itself.
The Security Council is tasked with maintaining international peace and security and has the authority to impose sanctions.
Africa has just three seats on the 15-member council, currently occupied by Sierra Leone, Algeria and Mozambique.
The RSF and the Sudanese Army have been battling for more than a year, and fighting in El Fasher has been escalating in recent months.
