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UN Security Council To Meet On N.Korea Missile Launch

The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Monday on North Korea's missile launch, the first test since US...

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N. Korea Says Successfully Tested New Ballistic Missile

North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new ballistic missile, triggering a US-led call for an urgent UN...

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Heartbroken UN Chief Seeks Yemen Talks ‘resurrection’

A heartbroken United Nations chief on Sunday called for the "resurrection" of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides...

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Washington ‘100%’ Behind Tokyo After NKorea Missile Launch

President Donald Trump assured Japan it has the full support of the United States following a North Korean ballistic...

International

African Union Backs Mass ICC Withdrawal

Africa has 34 signatories to the Rome Statute, the treaty that set up the court The African Union has called for the...

International

UN Demands Release of Rwanda Case Judge

Aydin Sefa Akay is part of a panel of UN judges reviewing the case of a former Rwandan minister A UN legal body has...

International

UN Warns of Dangerous Deterioration

The UN Security Council has warned of a "dangerous deterioration" in eastern Ukraine and called on warring sides to...

International

Food Crisis Could Become Famine This Year, UN Warns

The conflict-driven food crisis in Yemen could become a full-blown famine this year, the UN's humanitarian chief has...

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UN Relief Coorinator Sees Hope of Emergency Relief For Syria In 2017

UN Emergency relief chief Stephen O’Brien said Thursday that there are some emerging reasons to hope in Syria as far...

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Israel Approves Settlement Homes Following Trump Inauguration

Israel has approved hundreds of new settlement homes in occupied East Jerusalem, after the staunch pro-Israel US...

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We Recognize Barrow As Gambia’s President – South Africa Gov’t

The Government of South Africa says it no longer recognizes Yahya Jammeh as President of The Gambia. A statement issued...

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Jammeh Misses Second Deadline To Step Down

A deadline for defeated President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed forces at...

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We Can’t Allow Jammeh Stay In Gambia – Barrow

President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has said that he wish former leader Yahya Jammeh, will leave the country to...

Opinion

Liberian Presidential Election, October 2017

Often when I listen to Liberian radios or when I read in the papers on this year’s Liberian presidential election, I...

International

The Story of West Africa’s Gambia

After receiving commendations from prominent people for accepting defeat in the December 1, 2016 elections, incumbent...

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Ghana’s Decision To Help Force Jammeh Out of Power Laudable – Prosper Bani

Former interior minister Prosper Bani has lauded Ghana’s decision to send soldiers to The Gambia to force Yahya...

International

Barrow Inauguration In Senegal As Jammeh Stays Put

The man who won The Gambia's disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country's embassy in...

International

Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims Mali Car Bomb Attack In Gao

Al-Qaeda's North African affiliate says a group linked to it carried out the suicide attack that killed at least 50...

International

Gambia’s President Jammeh Refuses To Leave Office As Deadline Passes

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite efforts to persuade him to leave office ahead of a...