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Carole Landry covers the United Nations for @AFP. Postings in Moscow, Washington, Johannesburg and Paris.
Britain routed in UN vote on Chagos
The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the center of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965
The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the centre of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965
The SA Ambassador told the council his government had considered opposing the measure that renewed the MINURSO mission until October 31
US Ambassador Nikki Haley promised that she will report back to President Donald Trump with the names of those who support a draft resolution
Trump takes the podium at the General Assembly, presenting his message to the world as he pushes his nationalist "America First" agenda.
Washington has led the international drive to punish the rogue state after it detonated its sixth and most powerful nuclear device earlier this month.
A UN resolution for a Palestinian state and the end to the Israeli occupation fell short of being adopted by the Security Council.
African leaders set their sights on battling climate change on Tuesday on the final day of a summit hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
African leaders made their case for a stronger voice in world affairs on Monday ahead of a summit hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin assailed Nicolas Sarkozy as he went on trial Monday on charges of plotting to smear his arch-rival.
France’s most politically charged trial of the decade begins in a week, but the case is already playing itself out in the court of public opinion.
Chief mediator Kofi Annan on Wednesday put Kenya’s crisis talks back on course toward a deal after defusing a row over his plan for a ”grand coalition” government to end…
Smokers in France are enjoying their last leisurely puffs on a cigarette over coffee or a glass of rouge before café, restaurants and nightclubs join a nationwide ban on smoking…
Final preparations were under way in Russia on Saturday for parliamentary elections expected to hand a sweeping victory to President Vladimir Putin’s party, just three months…
France, the United States, China and 15 other nations agreed on Monday to redouble efforts to end bloodshed in Sudan’s Darfur region by supporting a new peace force and…
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged world powers on Monday to take a tough line with Sudan if it balks at efforts to end bloodshed in Darfur, and argued that ignoring the…
Fifty-eight countries agreed on Tuesday to take action to protect children from being recruited as soldiers in wars, joining for the first time an effort that has been largely…
South Africa on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, one of the bloodiest chapters of apartheid, amid renewed debate over whether whites should own up to…
South Africa is running out of ideas on how to pull Zimbabwe out of its crisis, turning to the United Nations to take the lead after a series of failures in tackling its biggest…
