Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has assumed office as Director-General of the World Trade Organization.  "It feels great. I am coming into one of the most important ... Read more »

The world has seen huge challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic since 2019. The election of the new director general of the World Trade Organization, the body that is ... Read more »

Increased "brinkmanship, pressure tactics, and tests of strength" are threatening progress in Somalia, the country's UN envoy has told the Security Council. Via videconference, ... Read more »

For nearly seven years, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the DR Congo have been generously hosting refugees from Burundi. While last year's political transition has brought hope that ... Read more »

The United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) has said that atrocities committed by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's east, has become part of ... Read more »

The World Trade Organization has announced that Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed its new director-general. Okonjo-Iweala is a former finance mi Read more »

The 74-members of the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have selected an interim Prime Minister and President of their new executive council, marking what UN Special ... Read more »

The government of Guinea has officially declared a new outbreak of Ebola. The head of Guinea's health agency, Sakoba Keita, said the country is experiencing an Ebola "epidemic ... Read more »

The country's health ministry has said a new Ebola case has been detected in Butembo, a city in North Kivu Province, where a previous outbreak was declared in June 2020. The ... Read more »