Africa
Security Council Experts To Assess UN's Work In Kinshasa
A delegation of United Nations (UN) Security Council experts has been sent to Kinshasa to assess the Council 39;s resolutions on DR Congo where a new opposition president has taken office, a UN spokeswoman said Thursday. Experts from seven of the Council 39;s 15 member states began their evaluation work on Monday , said Florence M ...
Africa
Migrants Land in Sicily As Ship Crew Faces Uncertain Fate
A charity ship carrying 47 rescued migrants docked in the Sicilian port of Catania Thursday, where the crew feared legal action as Italy 39;s far-right interior minister tries to stop new arrivals. The Dutch-flagged Sea Watch 3, which had been waiting off the coast of Sicily with people it pulled to safety in the Mediterranean on Ja ...
Africa
Death toll at 52 after migrant boats sink off Djibouti
The death toll from the sinking of two boats carrying migrants to Yemen from Djibouti rose to 52 on Thursday, the UN migration agency said, appealing to regional leaders to take action to stop such tragedies. Rescuers working in Djibouti's northeastern Obock region continued to recover bodies on the Horn of Africa nation's coast following the ca ...
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