The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
UN Security Council issues statement on Somalia election…
The United Nations Security Council has called on Somali leaders to resume talks immediately to prepare for new elections, hoping to resolve electoral disputes and resolve the country's political crisis. The Security Council recommended that…
NEWS: “Congo Is Not Burning” – Leïla Zerrougui
Leïla Zerrougui the head of the United Nations Mission In DR Congo has insisted the the country isn't burning contrary to what is been written by the media and what's speculated around, Zerrougui made this…
African nations drag US to UN human rights…
African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the U.N.’s top human rights body that singles out the United States and would launch intense international scrutiny of systemic racism against people of African descent in…
UN appalled by terrorist attacks in northeast Nigeria
The UN said Sunday it was appalled by the killing of dozens of civilians in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram terrorists. Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, in a statement described the attacks…
Rwanda’s successful peacekeeping operations informed by badexperience
Rwanda’s relationship with international peace keeping efforts is a mixed bag. During this period of the year in Rwanda, UN peacekeepers conjures up memories that many would like to forget. When the liberation war began…
Cobhams Asuquo gets top UN appointment
The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has appointed award-winning Nigerian musician, producer and songwriter, Cobhams Asuquo, as its National Ambassador. Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Nigeria Representative, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. He said…
UN agency plans economic readjustment in Africa after…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) looks forward to the day after Covid-19 and forsees the reorientation of the continent's economies, which so far have accumulated almost 2,360 deaths from the disease. Any…
IED attack kills three Chadian peacekeepers in Mali
The United Nations said three peacekeepers from Chad were killed and four others seriously injured Sunday in attacks against a U.N. convoy in northern Mali using improvised explosive devices. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Secretary-General…
Attacks on aid workers spike in C.African Republic
A UN humanitarian affairs body in the Central African Republic has condemned increasing attacks on civilians and humanitarian organizations in the northeastern part of the country. In a statement published late on Saturday, the UN…
Libya’s GNA suspends participation in UN-led Geneva talks…
Libya’s Government of National Accord has announced it is halting its participation in U.N. talks, citing repeated violations of the truce by Khalifa Haftar’s forces and urging the international community to take firm actions against…
Mbeki: ‘I’ll send De Klerk the UN convention…
Former president Thabo Mbeki has undertaken to send apartheid's last president, FW de Klerk, the UN convention declaring apartheid a crime against humanity. “We were sitting next to each other in parliament, I asked him…
