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Libya protests turn violent as pressure grows on PM Abdulhamid Dbeibah to resign
Reuters  |  May 17, 2025

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya expressed its concern over the escalation of violence in Tripoli, calling on parties to take the appropria...

Kenya pledges helicopters, surveillance units and training teams to boost UN peace efforts
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 15, 2025

Tuya further announced that Kenya would contribute critical military infrastructure—including helicopters and surveillance units—as part of its expand...

Most intense fighting for years traps terrified residents in Libyan capital
Reuters  |  May 14, 2025

The latest unrest in Libya's capital follows battles on Monday that appeared to consolidate the power of Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, prime minister of the...

17 people killed, 84,000 affected as flash floods cause havoc in Somalia- UN
Abdirahman Khalif  |  May 14, 2025

The Horn of Africa, including Somalia, remains highly vulnerable to climate-related events. Experts have noted a trend of increasing frequency and int...

Financing peacebuilding likely to feature in UN's architecture review this year
Mary Wambui  |  May 09, 2025

While some member states advocate for increases in both assessed and voluntary contributions, others maintain that voluntary funding should remain the...

UN extends South Sudan peace mission for a year as renewed conflict looms
Mary Wambui  |  May 09, 2025

This means the Security Council has authorised the peacekeeping mission to "use all necessary means" to implement its mandate, including the protectio...

UN, IGAD and EU condemn drone strikes on Port Sudan, warn of worsening humanitarian crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 08, 2025

Highlighting the absence of political will among the warring parties to pursue dialogue, Guterres called for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" a...

Salim Ahmed Salim: African diplomat who almost led United Nations
Mwangi Maina  |  May 02, 2025

Salim was, arguably, the closest Africa has come to clinching the UN’s top job. His age, diplomatic poise, and Pan-Africanist ethos made him a standou...

UN extends South Sudan peacekeeping mission by nine days amid escalating tensions
Mwangi Maina  |  May 02, 2025

The mission's renewal reflects a sobering reality: the country's internal fragility continues to pose a threat to regional peace and security.

Taiwan says Somalia bans entry to its citizens amid Somaliland dispute
Reuters  |  Apr 30, 2025

The notice has gone to airlines and was given so that Somalia complies with United Nations Resolution 2758, passed in 1971 and which saw the Beijing g...

IGAD boss Dr Workneh calls for urgent support to stabilise Somalia at the Entebbe Summit
Amina Wako  |  Apr 25, 2025

The summit brought together key leaders from AUSSOM troop-contributing countries, ministers of foreign affairs and defence, as well as representatives...

UN envoy meets Sudanese military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in push for peace
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 24, 2025

Lamamra, serving as the Personal Representative of Secretary-General António Guterres, delivered a special message to General Abdel Fattah outlining t...

Ruto renews push for UN Security Council reform, says current structure outdated
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 24, 2025

The president noted that the Security Council’s post-World War II framework is no longer in line with today’s world, which is characterised by a multi...

Billion-dollar Asian cyberscam industry spreading globally, UN says
Reuters  |  Apr 22, 2025

The international community is at a “critical inflexion point,” the UNODC said, urging that failure to address the problem would have “unprecedented c...

AUSSOM chief Sivuyile Bam warns mission faces uncertain future due to funding shortfall
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 11, 2025

The mission's exit strategy will be informed by progressive improvement in the capacity of the Somali security forces to take over full responsibility...

AI research group warns social media hate speech risks reigniting Ethiopia-Eritrea war
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Apr 10, 2025

The Distributed AI Research Institute says these platforms are allowing content that promotes violence, recruits fighters, and dehumanises entire comm...

UN Security Council to discuss new AU mission in Somalia in closed session
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 09, 2025

The realignment of AU troops from ATMIS to AUSSOM is expected to be completed by June 30 this year, ahead of the launch of phase two of the mission, w...

Aid cuts could leave more women dying in pregnancy and birth, UN says
Reuters  |  Apr 08, 2025

Even before the aid cuts led by the United States, things were backsliding in some countries, and progress has slowed globally since 2016, the report...

Kenyan peacekeeper dies in Central African Republic
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 29, 2025

The Special Representative further said she was "extremely shocked by the heinous attack" on peacekeepers whose mission is to protect civilians.

UNHCR warns of looming health crisis for 12.8 million displaced people
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 29, 2025

The funding gaps mean refugees may have to pay for their health care, but many lack the financial means. This will increase the burden on already over...

UN Chief: Situation in South Sudan 'darkly reminiscent' of civil wars
Reuters  |  Mar 28, 2025

First Vice President Riek Machar was put under house arrest in the capital Juba on Wednesday, in effect voiding a 2018 peace deal that ended a five-ye...

UN calls for immediate action as violence against children escalates in DRC
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 28, 2025

The experts warned that children are increasingly becoming victims of indiscriminate attacks, sexual violence, and recruitment by armed groups amid th...

Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged DR Congo
Reuters  |  Mar 27, 2025

Those facing acute hunger are classified as Phase 3 or higher in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Of the 28 million in Congo,...

Kenya deploys police officers to South Sudan amid escalating tensions after Machar's arrest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 27, 2025

President William Ruto on Thursday said he had called President Kiir to discuss the situation leading to Machar’s arrest and detention.

Kenya not financing Haiti security mission -Police
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 15, 2025

Police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said the total budget for the mission in the current financial year 2024/2025 is Sh2.1 billion and not Sh4.5 billion...

UN chief Antonio Guterres says there is 'disturbing rise in anti-Muslim bigotry'
Reuters  |  Mar 15, 2025

Rights advocates have for years raised concerns about stigma faced by Muslims and Arabs because of how some people conflate those communities with Isl...

Ugandan UN judge accused of forcing young woman to work as slave convicted in Britain
Reuters  |  Mar 14, 2025

Mugambe was charged under the UK's modern slavery act with conspiring with John Leonard Mugerwa, who was then Uganda's deputy high commissioner, to fa...

US orders its non-emergency personnel to leave South Sudan
Reuters  |  Mar 09, 2025

The United Nations rights agency said on Saturday that increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threatened the fragile peace process

UN staff killed, others injured during attack on UN helicopter in Nasir, South Sudan
UN News  |  Mar 07, 2025

Several members of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF), including an injured general, were killed during the attempt by the United Nations...

UN appeals for funds to help contain Uganda Ebola outbreak
Reuters  |  Mar 04, 2025

Uganda's 10 confirmed cases have been linked to Ebola's Sudan strain which does not have an approved vaccine.

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