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The 79th UN General Assembly gets underway under African ...
WEB2 days ago · The majority of African countries are far off 2030 SDG targets. The 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79) will this month bring together world leaders against a backdrop of growing climate change challenges, high-stakes conflicts, and continuing poverty and hunger. And it is doing so under the presidency of former Cameroonian …
Russia awards African Union a peace prize for preventing ...
WEB4 days ago · AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. (Amanuel Sileshi/AFP) The African Union has won the first-ever Leo Tolstoy Prize for peace. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is being sought for alleged war crimes, said the new prize supported international law. The award coincided with the AU celebrating 25 years since the Sirte …
US to call for Africa sharing two Security Council seats ...
WEB3 days ago · The UN Security Council meeting in September 2023. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) The United States will on Thursday call for African countries to get two Security Council seats. The seats would not come with the veto power held by the US and its allies and Russia and China. Long-standing talk around reforming the council seems …
For the first time, more than half of world population ...
WEB3 days ago · For the first time, over half of people globally enjoy some form of social benefits, the UN said Thursday, but said more was needed, including to soften the impact of climate change. In a fresh report, the United Nations's International Labour Organization said that 52.4 percent of the global population currently receives some element of what ...
SA on track to exit grey list in 2025 if there's no surprises ...
WEB4 days ago · For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. South Africa should address outstanding shortcomings in tackling illicit financial flows to exit a global dirty-money list by either June or October next year, provided there’s no surprises, National Treasury official Ismail Momoniat said. The nation has until February to address ...
Judge won't budge on Zuma's April trial date, schedules ...
WEB4 days ago · Jacob Zuma's lawyers have unsuccessfully protested about his corruption trial date remaining set for April 2025, as the state confirmed it would fight for the former president to finally go on trial - regardless of his appeal to …
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