Africa World 

Over 570 million people to live in poverty by 2030, UN report predicts

The UN has predicted that about 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty by the year 2030. 84 million children won’t be going to school and it will take 286 years to reach equality between men and women. These are excerpts of a grim report released by the UN to track progress being made in achieving 17… Read More
Africa Featured West Africa World 

Burkina Faso signs new education commitments at UN conference

Burkina Faso is among four countries benefiting from the signing of new commitments to education projects, which took place at the United Nations fifth Least Developed Countries conference in Doha on Tuesday. Education Above All (EAA) and the Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) hosted a roundtable discussion which included ministers from Bangladesh, Liberia, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, Nigeria, Malawai and… Read More
Africa Mali Russia West Africa World 

Mali’s military government expels UN human rights chief

Mali has expelled the head of the UN peace-keeping mission’s human rights division from the country. The country’s military government has given him 48 hours to leave the country. In a statement read out on national television, a government spokesman said Guillaume Ngefa-Atondoko Andali had committed “subversive actions” This relates to his selection of witnesses to testify at UN Security… Read More
Africa Central Africa World 

U.N. helicopter crashes in east Congo

– – A United Nations helicopter on Friday crashed while flying over east Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province. The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed the crash saying the Humanitarian Air Service chopper it was managing went down near the city of Goma. The three crew members on board sustained injuries, according to Reuters reporting. There were no passengers… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

At least 10 killed in anti-UN protests in DR Congo

According to local media reporting the protesters were shot by peacekeepers, a claim that the UN office is yet to respond to. There has been an upsurge in violence in the area with locals accusing the UN of being ineffective. Tuesday was the second day of protests with people calling for the UN to withdraw its peacekeepers from the area.… Read More
Africa Ivory Coast Mali West Africa World 

Mali suspends all new UN peacekeeping missions

– – Mali’s military-led government has announced it is suspending all new troop rotations by U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA temporarily. The announcement on Thursday comes days after Malian forces arrested 49 soldiers from Ivory Coast who had arrived in country for the MINUSMA operations. Mali said the soldiers entered the country without permission, but Ivory Coast said the Malian authorities… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Burkina Faso: UN worried over killing of 50 civilians in rebel attack

– – The United Nations has condemned the latest rebel attacks in Burkina Faso which killed at least 50 civilians. Armed men carried out the attack in a village in northern Burkina Faso. A government spokesman said the attackers struck overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Seytenga commune, part of Seno province, which lies in borderlands where fighters linked to… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Burkina Faso: UN worried over killing of 50 civilians in rebel attack

– – The United Nations has condemned the latest rebel attacks in Burkina Faso which killed at least 50 civilians. Armed men carried out the attack in a village in northern Burkina Faso. A government spokesman said the attackers struck overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Seytenga commune, part of Seno province, which lies in borderlands where fighters linked to… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

UN and AU call for the release of Guinea’s President after coup

– – The United Nations and the African Union have both called for the immediate release of Guinea’s toppled president, Alpha Conde following Sunday’s military coup. President Alpha Conde has been arrested and detained by soldiers who carried out the coup and is reportedly unharmed. Videos and pictures of him surrounded by soldiers have been circulating on social media on… Read More
Africa Central Africa World 

DR Congo declares end of 12th Ebola outbreak

– – Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday announced an end to the latest outbreak of Ebola in that country. It was the country’s 12 outbreak in its history with six people dying as a result of the outbreak three months ago. Three months ago there was a resurgence of the disease in North Kivu in… Read More