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Presenting the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict, UN Special Representative Virginia Gamba ...

The South African government has called for the immediate de-escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Islamic ...

An armed rebel group’s takeover of Goma is just the latest chapter in decadeslong instability in the Democratic Republic of ...

On Wednesday, the 100th day since the resumption of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, medical sources in the besieged enclave reported that 31 Palestinians we ...

The United Nations (UN) reported that 2024 witnessed the highest number of grave violations against children in armed conflict in nearly 30 years and pointed out that the ...

W HEN THE Charter of the United Nations was signed, 80 years ago this week, President Harry Truman emphasised that the ...

In Africa, Chinese peacekeeping missions have been in operation in countries including South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali. In the Middle East, with China's mediation, Saudi Arabia ...

As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary, its humanitarian operations are increasingly in doubt as its top donor — ...

Child soldiers are still being used in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite promises to stop recruiting them.

UNITED NATIONS, June 20. /TASS/. The United Nations has registered the record-high level of violence against children in conflict zones in 2024, according to the Secretary-General's annual report on ...

In early April, the Trump administration finally tapped a senior adviser for Africa: Massad Boulos, the father-in-law of ...