Human Rights Watch to investigate military executions in Amhara, Ethiopia | Al Bawaba
ALBAWABA - In an investigation regarding the military abuses in Ethiopia's Amhara region, Human Rights Watch called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
‘Enough Is Enough’: Ireland Joins ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel
Citing Israel's "blatant" human rights violations in Gaza, Ireland's second-highest-ranking official said Wednesday that the country will join the South Africa-led genocide case before the...
World in brief: February 6, 2024
TURKEY: Two people were shot dead while trying to attack a courthouse in Istanbul today, Ankara said. The man and woman were killed during an “attempt...
De Mistura’s unexpected trip to Sudafrica
The UN Secretary General's personal envoy Staffan de Mistura traveled to the South African capital last week where he held talks with Foreign Minister Naledi...
A third World War is not beyond realm of possibility: UN General Assembly President
The situation in the Red Sea is “extremely disturbing” and it has the potential to escalate further, President of UN General Assembly Dennis Francis said...
Red Sea is today’s arena for clash of African-Arab power politics
For the Arab Gulf kingdoms, the Horn of Africa is a strategic perimeter. They want to minimize political threats — some are hostile to Islamists,...
Kenyan reverend: UN ‘obsessed’ with Hamas war, ‘hates Jews’
A prominent reverend from Kenya, who also directs the Israel Allies Foundation African office, has accused the United Nations of having “an obsession with...
2023: When FDC, anti-gay law, mabati split Uganda
Split of FDC It’s now easier for Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) founding president Kizza Besigye to have meetings at the offices of National Unity Platform...
UN Security Council to vote to end Somalia arms embargo after three decades
The embargo was placed on Somalia in 1992 to cut the flow of weapons to feuding warlords in the country.The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)...
UN chief Guterres says Gaza truce does not solve ‘key problems’
The head of the United Nations has pushed for a full cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, saying that the current humanitarian pause does not solve...