Unless care of the intellectually disabled changes there will be a never-ending series of tragedies
We look at how African men are being auctioned and being sold off to smugglers for as little as $400 as part of Libya’s slave trade
Since Donald Trump took office in January, the US has abandoned or threatened to quit several international accords under his "America First" policy.
The migration policies of the European Union have directly resulted in slavery conditions for migrants in Libya.
UN judges sentenced Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of war crimes in the brutal Balkans conflicts over two decades ago.
CNN aired footage last week of an apparent live auction in Libya where black men were presented as farmhands and sold off for as little as $400.
UN-backed peacekeepers have lost enough guns and ammunition in sub-Saharan Africa over the past two decades to arm an army, said Small Arms Survey
A UN peacekeeping force has been in Western Sahara since 1991 with a mandate to organise a referendum on its independence or integration with Morocco.
2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation said Monday.
Liberia is heading to the polls on October 10 with twenty candidates on the ballot paper
Trump takes the podium at the General Assembly, presenting his message to the world as he pushes his nationalist "America First" agenda.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s deputy will attend the UN general assembly to respond to questions on the Rohingya Muslims.
Washington has led the international drive to punish the rogue state after it detonated its sixth and most powerful nuclear device earlier this month.
The Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority, have faced decades of persecution in Myanmar where they are regarded as illegal immigrants.
A UN report accused Burundi’s government of crimes against humanity, including executions and torture, and urged the ICC to open a case
After Trump’s response to Charlottesville, UN says US leadership must ‘unequivocally’ condemn racist speech and crimes.
"The United Nations estimates that 80% of Africans wear secondhand clothes yet as inexpensive as they may be, there is a price to be paid"
Critics argues that a controversial referendum is the first step towards abolishing term limits
The international community took a historic step on July 7, when it adopted the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, after a negotiating process that would not have been possible without the leadership of Brazil, South Africa, Austria, Ireland, Mexico and Nigeria. These countries were joined by a great majority of the […]
Traditional stakeholders Europe and the US are reassessing their commitments in Africa, generating new geopolitical realities for the African Union.
A military court ruled that Elor Azaria will be placed under house arrest on July 20, when his mandatory three-year military service ends
Reducing the size of the peacekeeping mission will endanger civilians, say critics of the move
The Philippine leader says he will throw corrupt officials from a helicopter midair, adding that he did it to a man before.
A vote to have the newly appointed UN expert to address violence based on sexual orientation continue his work has been hailed as a victory.
The United Nations secretary-general expressed regret on Friday that South Africa, Burundi and Gambia want to leave the International Criminal Court.
The EU is making aid to Africa conditional on it taking back Africans who have fled
The United Nations child rights body spells out its views on how to better protect the youngsters.
As the United Nations met to discuss the refugee crisis, Winnie Byanyima, once a refugee, looks at what can be done.
Kasem Alsabsabi has a German passport, and cancer, but his family is stuck in a camp in Athens.
A force from the continent, such as the African Union, may possibly be able to protect South Sudan’s civilians.
At the UN, South Africa did support web rights and moves to end violence based on sexual orientation. The devil was in the detail, says Edna Molewa.
The ambassador exposes paradoxes in the country’s stance on LGBTI rights.