The world’s first international treaty to protect the high seas was adopted Monday at the United Nations, creating a landmark environmental accord designed to protect remote ecosystems vital to humanity.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed as a “historic achievement” the treaty that will establish a legal framework to extend swathes of environmental protections to international waters, which …

UN adopts ‘historic’ high seas treatyMon, 19 Jun 2023 16:43:45 GMT Read More »

Sudan is descending into death and destruction at an unprecedented speed, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday as he urged donors to step in and curb the unfolding catastrophe.The pledging conference comes mid-way through a three-day ceasefire which appeared to have brought calm to the capital Khartoum, after the failure of earlier truces to ensure …

Sudan spiralling into destruction, says UN chiefMon, 19 Jun 2023 15:37:17 GMT Read More »

The United Nations sounded the alarm on Monday over “rampant violence and rising humanitarian needs” in the violence-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Armed groups have terrorised civilians in the region for decades, forcing vast numbers to flee their homes.Leading relief officials have “triggered an immediate scale-up of humanitarian operations” in eastern DR Congo “following months …

UN raises alarm over ‘rampant’ violence in east DR CongoMon, 19 Jun 2023 14:32:36 GMT Read More »

An attacker fatally stabbed a security guard on Monday outside Brazil’s embassy in Tunis before being shot and arrested, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said.The guard “was wounded by a sharp object” wielded “by a person he was questioning over the reason for his presence in the perimeter of the embassy”, the ministry said in a …

Guard fatally stabbed outside Brazil embassy in TunisiaMon, 19 Jun 2023 13:19:14 GMT Read More »

Grief-stricken Ugandans were on Monday burying more victims of last week’s horrific school attack in the remote west of the country blamed on a notorious militia based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.Other families were still desperately hunting for news of their loved ones or facing an agonising wait for DNA tests on some of …

Ugandans bury more victims of horrific school massacreMon, 19 Jun 2023 12:31:13 GMT Read More »

An international donors’ conference is set to begin in Geneva on Monday for Sudan, where a ceasefire was holding but the UN says the humanitarian situation is worsening after two months of war.The conference comes mid-way through a three-day ceasefire which appeared to have brought calm to the capital Khartoum, after the failure of earlier …

Sudan truce holds on second day as donors set to meet in GenevaMon, 19 Jun 2023 12:18:02 GMT Read More »

The European Union and Kenya announced a major trade deal Monday in a coup for Brussels as it seeks deeper economic ties with Africa in the face of competition from China.Kenyan President William Ruto presided over a ceremony in Nairobi to mark the formal conclusion of negotiations to the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement.Once ratified and …

EU, Kenya reach trade deal in boost to Brussels’ Africa tiesMon, 19 Jun 2023 10:20:21 GMT Read More »

A notorious armed group suspected of massacring at least 41 people at a Ugandan school has received funds from the so-called Islamic State (IS), according to a UN report seen by AFP on Monday.The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), accused of the attack last Friday in the western Ugandan town of Mpondwe, has been blamed for …

Group blamed in Uganda attack ‘funded by Islamic State’Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:16:18 GMT Read More »

Every week, the beat of African drums ricocheting through the streets of Nicosia allows Ibrahim Kamara to momentarily forget his arduous quest for asylum — even if just for the length of a song.Kamara, 29, reached the capital of Cyprus five years ago from The Gambia. Like some new migrants to the Mediterranean island, he …

Music gives hope to African asylum seekers in CyprusMon, 19 Jun 2023 03:44:32 GMT Read More »

The world’s first international treaty to protect the high seas is due to be adopted Monday at the United Nations, a historic environmental accord designed to protect remote ecosystems vital to mankind.”It will be a huge accomplishment, one that we’ve already celebrated with the finalization of the text in March. But the adoption formalizes that, …

UN to finally adopt high seas treatyMon, 19 Jun 2023 03:11:48 GMT Read More »