Africa

A 3-day ECOWAS Capacity-Building Workshop for Multi-Stakeholders on Protection and Human Security Integrated Coordination Mechanism (ECO-PHSICM) has ended in Accra on 6th April, 2023. The Workshop was aimed at equipping participants to develop a roadmap to improve human security, curb human trafficking, violent extremism, and terrorism in West Africa. The Head of … [Read more...] about A 3-Day Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Capacity-Building Workshop Ends in Accra

Download logoNigeria joins the globe to commemorate the 2023 World Health Day, which also doubles as the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO). On April 7, 1948, 55 member countries came together and founded the WHO, with the mandate to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable – so that everyone, everywhere can attain the highest … [Read more...] about Nigeria celebrates World Health Organization (WHO) at 75

Download logoThe United Arab Emirates has participated in an extraordinary meeting of the Arab League, held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Cairo at the level of permanent delegates, to take a unified Arab stance against Israeli police forces' storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the attack on worshippers. The Emirati delegation was headed by Mariam Al Kaabi, … [Read more...] about United Arab Emirates participates in Arab League extraordinary meeting to discuss Israeli police forces’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Download logoThe contrast between the resolution on Libya adopted this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s final report detailing violations and abuses in Libya is staggering. On the one hand, UN experts documented in the report a “wide array of war crimes and crimes against humanity” … [Read more...] about Weak United Nations Resolution on Libya Exposes European Union Bias

Download logoThe African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), has adopted an action plan that will see the Mission integrate environmental issues in its operations in Somalia.  The action plan was adopted at the end of a one-day workshop organised by ATMIS and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) in Mogadishu and attended by environment focal … [Read more...] about African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) adopts action plan on environmental management