Netanyahu Snubs ‘shameful’ UN Vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land is “shameful”. He stressed that Israel would not abide by Friday’s vote...
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UN Security Council Calls For An End
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US refused to veto it. The Egyptian-drafted resolution had been withdrawn after...
Africa Bloc Vows To Send Troops If Jammeh Stays
West African leaders will send troops into The Gambia if its longtime ruler who lost elections does not step down next month, the president of the Economic Community of West African States said on...
Egypt Delays UN Motion On Israel As Trump Intervenes
Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene. Israel contacted the US president-elect's transition team...
Egypt Delays UN Resolution On Israel As Trump Raises Concerns
Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear. A US official told the BBC that it had been...
Trump Joins Fight Against UN Vote
The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement activity, a senior...
UN To Create Team That Will Probe Syria War Crimes
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to establish a special team to "collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence" as well as to prepare cases on war crimes and human rights abuses...
UNSC To Vote On Ending Israeli Settlement Activity
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on a draft resolution that would demand Israel "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory,...
UN Backs Sending Monitors
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for UN officials and others to monitor the mass evacuations from rebel-held east Aleppo and the safety of civilians still there. Some 13,000...
UN Security Council Demands Sending Observers To Aleppo
With Russia's backing, the United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to quickly deploy UN observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and report on the fate of civilians who remain in the...
Evacuations Resume From East Aleppo
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city. At least 350 people reportedly left rebel enclaves late on Sunday, heading towards other...
Hundreds Leave Syria City As Evacuations Resume
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city, a UN official says. At least 350 people have reportedly left rebel enclaves in convoys,...
Rebels Burn Syria Evacuation Buses
Several buses sent to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province have been burned by rebels. It has thrown the latest efforts to evacuate besieged...
Rebels Burn Syria Evacuation Buses
Several buses en route to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province have been burned by rebels. It has thrown the latest efforts to evacuate...
France, Fearing Massacres, Asks UN To Monitor Aleppo Evacuation
France has presented a UN Security Council draft resolution on sending observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and report on the protection of Syrian civilians, according to the text obtained...
Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal From Somalia Exposes Peacekeeping Problems
Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with the international community’s funding of military operations in Africa. The Ethiopian...
ACILA Calls On President Jammeh To Hand Over Power To Barrow
Research and education think tank, Africa Center for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) has called on Gambian President Mr. Yahya Jammeh to hand over power to President-Elect, Mr. Adama...
Gambia President Must Step Down
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh must hand over power after defeat in elections, the UN Security Council has said. President Jammeh initially conceded to Adama Barrow in last week’s vote but has...
What You Need to Know about Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, Profile of Ghana’s President-Elect
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president-elect was born and raised in Ga-Maami (Accra Central) and in the Nima area of Accra. His father’s residence, Betty House at Korle Wokon in Accra, was...
Gambia’s President-Elect Calls On Jammeh To Respect Election Results
Gambian security forces deployed en masse on Saturday as President-elect Adama Barrow appealed for calm, a day after long-time President Yahya Jammeh reversed course to say he would not accept his...