President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres continues to push for Africa’s call for permanent representation on the UN ...

Former Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) commander Lt. Gen. Bazilio Olara Okello ;was Uganda's head of state for two days, President Yoweri Museveni has said.Museveni acknowledges that after ...

Elias Lucas fell in love with ultimate while living abroad, and has already spread spirit of the game to eight teams en route ...

At least 551 public and private institutions in Tanzania, have transitioned from using charcoal and fuelwood for cooking to ...

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Coun­cil’s (hereafter “HRC” or “Coun­­cil”) 58th regular session (Feb­­ruary 24 - April 4 2025), ...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) is dominating international headlines as the UN Human Rights Council prepares to discuss the situation at the end of the week. Dreadful details ...

African diplomacy is in high gear as leaders seek to stop the conflict in the DRC. As the rest of the world loudly cautions ...

I was head of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1999 to 2001. Before that, I lived and worked in East Africa ...

Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who became Namibia's founding president after leading the country to independence from ...

Sam Nujoma, the fiery, white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and ...

The moves were made in protest against what White House staff secretary Will Scharf described as "anti-American bias" at the UN agencies. The 47 members of the UN Human Rights Council are elected ...