U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the announcement in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, calling it a follow-up to U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement two years ago that the U.S. supports expanding the 15-member body.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Two dozen police officers and soldiers arrived in Haiti on Thursday, to help bolster a Kenya-led, UN-approved mission against violent gangs. They will be working alongside the country’s police and military to tackle the gangs. Around 580,000 people have been displaced since the fighting broke out.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Heavy rains and floods are hampering humanitarian aid deliveries in Sudan, Chad and South Sudan, the UN has warned. It comes as more than half of war-torn Sudan’s residents are facing crisis levels of hunger. The organisation is calling for expanded access in order to prevent famine from spreading.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The French league’s legal commission has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappé the 55 million euros ($61 million) in unpaid wages that he claims he’s entitled to.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The country’s constitutional court has until next week to rule on appeals from Mr Tebboune’s two opponents. But no one knows how the election issues will be resolved, whether the counts will be re-done, and what that means for Tebboune’s efforts to project an image of legitimacy and popular support.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The union wrote on X that a return to work agreement had been signed and the union’s secretary general Moss Ndiema told journalists and workers that the union would be involved in every discussion moving forward.Sourced from Africanews Read More

This donation follows a recent shipment of nearly 100,000 doses from the European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority. The DRC, the hardest-hit country in the region, is experiencing multiple mpox outbreaks driven by various strains, including a new variant, clade IbSourced from Africanews Read More