Soldiers Cut Off Second City Bouake
Angry soldiers have blocked off access to Bouaké, the second largest city in the Ivory Coast, as a revolt over a pay dispute continues. One of the uprising’s leaders said the soldiers were...
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North Korea Lashes Out At US Over UN Push To Enforce Sanctions
North Korea on Friday accused the United States of using threats and intimidation to force countries at the United Nations to implement sanctions, describing the drive as "hysteric madness." The...
Boy, 15, Shot Dead In Alavanyo
Gunmen have shot and killed a 15-year-old boy at Alavanyo in the Volta Region on Thursday evening. Another boy sustained gunshot wounds in the fatal attack in the precarious town today. According to...
Fifth UN Peacekeeper Found Dead After C. Africa Attack
Another UN peacekeeper has been found dead in the Central African Republic, bringing to five the toll from an attack this week, the deadliest to target the mission so far, the UN spokesman said...
Syria An ‘unwinnable’ War
"There will only be peace in Syria or in any of the other conflicts that we are witnessing when the parties to the conflict understand that they cannot win," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres...
Germany To Shut Berlin Hostel Over North Korea Link
The German government said Wednesday it will shut down a Berlin hostel after it emerged that the site is North Korean embassy property and had been leased in violation of UN rules. Located downtown...
UN Security Council Expected To Meet On Syria Safe Zones Deal
Japan and Sweden have requested a UN Security Council meeting to obtain specific details of a Russia-backed agreement on establishing safe zones in Syria, diplomats said Tuesday. The meeting, which...
Russia Seeks UN Backing For Deal On Syria Safe Zones
Russia on Monday faced resistance from Western powers to a bid to win UN Security Council backing for an agreement it signed with Iran and Turkey on establishing safe zones in Syria. The deal signed...
Former Burkina Faso President Named UN Burundi Envoy
A former Burkina Faso president, Michel Kafando, has been appointed the new UN envoy for Burundi, where efforts to end a political crisis over President Pierre Nkurunziza's rule have stalled....
Kidnapping Mars UN Security Council Visit To Colombia
An employee of the United Nations has been kidnapped by a dissident rebel faction in southern Colombia, marring a visit by UN Security Council ambassadors to show support for the South American...
Charity Warns S.Sudan ‘man-Made’ Famine Could Kill 6 Million
The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the international community struggles to raise the $4.4 billion needed to avert a...
Satellite Images ‘show Activity At North Korea Nuclear Test Site’
Satellite images show activity has resumed at North Korea's nuclear site, a US-based analysts has claimed amid fears Kim Jong-un is plotting a sixth atomic test. Pictures of the Punggye-ri site...
Activity Resumes At North Korea Nuclear Test Site
Satellite images indicate activity has resumed at North Korea's nuclear test site, US-based analysts said Tuesday, as tensions remain high over fears of an sixth atomic test by the reclusive state....
US Exploring Options At UN To Pressure N. Korea
The United States is exploring options at the UN Security Council to ramp up pressure on North Korea after it test-fired a ballistic missile, a US spokesperson said Tuesday. "The cumulative actions...
Somey Warlord Backs Gov’t Action Against Salt Mining Firm
The warlord of Somey Traditional Area, Awaklasuga Torgbui Sape Agbo V, has said the area disassociates itself from recent comments by a supposed Paramount Chief of the area, Togbui Adama III,...
One Person Arrested Over Queenmother’s Funeral Shooting At Akropong
One person was killed by a stray bullet during the final funeral rights of the late Queenmother The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested one person in connection with the shooting incident...
Woman Shot At Okuapeman’s Queenmother’s Funeral
The victim was hit by scattered pellets from the musketry display by musketeers A woman was shot and fatally injured during the final funeral rite of the late Paramount Queenmother of Okuapeman, Nana...
Woman Shot At Funeral Rite of Late Queen Mother of Okuapeman
Woman injured at Akropong during the final funeral rite of the late Queenmother of Okuapeman A women has been injured at Akropong on Friday during final funeral rite of the late Paramount Queenmother...
UN Eyes New Talks On Western Sahara After Polisario Pullback
The United Nations set its sights on restarting political talks on the disputed territory of Western Sahara after the Polisario Front independence movement pulled back fighters from a tense zone. UN...
US Open To Talks With North Korea
The US is open to negotiations with North Korea aimed at removing nuclear weapons from the region, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. But he said the US would use military force if necessary....