A veteran African diplomat is front-and-center this week as presidents convene at the United Nations to debate climate change, universal health care and poverty eradication - and ... Read more »

Peter Tabichi is speaking at the 74th session of United Nations General Assembly in New York City and top on the agenda is a climate summit, universal health coverage and a ... Read more »

The resolution said there is an "urgent need for the CAR authorities to train and equip their defence and security forces to be able to respond proportionately to threats to the ... Read more »

Rwanda has fullfilled it's commitment made in 2017, to host African refugees trapped in Libya, as European nations stepped up migrant controls. President Paul Kagame made the ... Read more »

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are said to be a significant threat to the national health and economic development of Ethiopia. According to the NCD report in 2016, Ethiopia's ... Read more »

The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Burundi is warning of genocide, in its latest report on human rights. The report was based on an analysis developed by the U.N. Office for the ... Read more »

The World Economic Forum on Africa is an opportunity for leaders to engage on the state of global, African and South African economies, says South African Finance Minister Tito ... Read more »

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial and Arbitrary Executions, Agnes Callamard, has expressed concern over the high rate of extra-judicial killings in Nigeria. ... Read more »

Over the past month, eight young Somali refugees have been trained and mentored to produce podcasts in the local language. Together with researchers on the team, they have been ... Read more »

The health ministry has confirmed that the blood sample of a 9-year-old Congolese girl was drawn and sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute for testing and confirmed positive ... Read more »