Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, governments and aid agencies are still struggling to reach communities left without homes, healthcare and basic services, as damage assess ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO )Wednesday announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, marking a historic public health milestone for the country and WHO’s ...

South Sudan is entering a period of rising instability marked by political polarisation, renewed armed clashes, and severe humanitarian strain, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday ...

At least six people have been confirmed dead and several others injured following a stampede during the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) 2025/2026 recruitment exercise at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra on ...

The trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former rebel leader and former minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), begins on 12 November, 2025, before the Paris Criminal Court, human rights ad ...

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is soliciting views from the public on issues that should be addressed by the Structured Dialogue it is facilitating To launch the exercise, UNSMIL ...

Coercion and sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) are “assaults on the very principles of international law itself”, the President of the UN General Assembly warned on Tuesday ...

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), Africa’s largest optical telescope, on Tuesday celebrated its 20th anniversary ...

Hundreds of protesters and others have been killed and an unknown number injured or detained in Tanzania following protests surrounding last month’s elections, according to reports obtained by the UN ...

The World Bank and the Government of Tunisia have concluded a financing agreement to support Tunisia’s energy sector modernisation agenda through the Tunisia Energy Reliability, Efficiency, and Govern ...

The team that investigated the crash of a Ghana Air Force Z 9 helicopter on 6 August, 2025, with the loss of eight people including two cabinet ministers, has blamed poor weather for the tragedy ...

The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday warned of a deepening crisis in Sudan’s North Darfur as violence spreads beyond the city of El Fasher ...