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The Trump administration was considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials who travel to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana as its top diplomat accused …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged four United Nations Special Rapporteurs to urgently intervene over the reported deaths of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria …

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by …

The UN emergency food agency appealed for immediate funding on Wednesday, warning that deepening hunger is undermining the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

The United Nations on Monday launched a major expansion of its Nairobi headquarters, with Secretary-General António Guterres and Kenyan President William Ruto marking what officials described as a significant milestone …

The human rights situation in Mali is rapidly deteriorating following coordinated attacks by armed groups across the country, with civilians killed, displaced and cut off from food and aid, UN …

Ghana and the African Union recently pushed through a United Nations resolution calling for recognition of “the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the radicalized chattel enslavement of Africans as the …

An international early warning system blocked a shipment of chemicals used to make fentanyl that could have produced up to 1.6 billion potentially lethal doses, the UN narcotics control body …

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marked the first anniversary of the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime, saying his organisation remains “fully committed to working with Syrians to make this …

The United Nations’ (UN) top human rights official warned Thursday of “a new wave of atrocities” in Sudan as fighting shifts to the sprawling, oil-rich region of Kordofan, east of …