DR Congo must identify both senior army personnel and politicians behind the massacres in the volatile Kasai region, a top UN human rights official told AFP Thursday. Jose-Maria Aranaz, the UN human...
Thousands of people will march through Seoul to support gay rights in this Saturday's Pride parade, and probably just as many conservative Christians urging them to "repent" their "sins". Religious...
Another 38 probable mass graves have been discovered in DR Congo in the country's troubled central region of Kasai, the United Nations said Wednesday. At least 80 mass graves have now been identified...
Zimbabwean riot police in the capital Harare fired tear gas and used water cannon on Wednesday to break an opposition protest calling for fair elections next year. The Movement for Democratic Change...
The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) yesterday announced a National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) of GH¢9.60, which is to take effect from January 1, 2018. The new NDMW is a 10 per cent increase over...
The national tripartite committee has increased the daily minimum wage from GHc8.80 to GHc9.68 representing a 10 percent increment. The decision was announced by the committee following a two-hour...
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia is leading a four-member delegation of the party to participate in the annual Council Meeting of the Socialist...
A Bahraini court on Monday sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to two years in jail after finding him guilty of spreading "fake news", a judicial source said. The source, quoted by...
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is asking the Akufo-Addo-led government to stop the ongoing “dismissal and selective transfers” of workers on political grounds. Expressing “grave concern”...
The UN's political chief, Jeffrey Feltman, is in Kuwait for talks on ending the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors, a spokesman said Wednesday. The senior UN envoy stepped in as...
A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday blasted US President Donald Trump's United Nations envoy, accusing her of carrying out a "crusade" against the Palestinian people. Hanan Ashrawi, an senior...
“Politics is too important to be left to politicians alone.”—Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General. For many years now, I have been concerned about the plunder and pillage, the open thievery,...
A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state, authorities said Wednesday, the latest flare-up in a region seething with...
South Korea and the United States fired off missiles Wednesday simulating a precision strike against North Korea's leadership, in response to a landmark ICBM test described by Kim Jong-Un as a gift...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang claimed was its first successful ICBM test. "This action is yet another...
The United Nations has announced the appointment of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of South Africa as Executive Director of UN-Women for a another term of four years. This follows consultations among...
Morocco's top diplomat said Tuesday that the United Nations is to lead efforts to end a dispute over a partially recognised state in Western Sahara that Rabat considers its territory. Speaking in...
India has vowed that a new nationwide tax will revolutionise the economy by bringing more businesses into the digital system to enrich state coffers, but for shopkeeper Sanjay Kumar Rai, who has...
India on Saturday launched its biggest ever fiscal reform with the government promising that a new nationwide tax would make the economy stronger and less corrupt, but businesses are nervous about...
The United Nations on Friday approved a nearly $600 million cut to its peacekeeping budget following pressure from the United States to reduce funding to the world body. The General Assembly approved...
