Zimbabwe has achieved and surpassed the global target on HIV testing, treatment and viral suppression, three years ahead of the set time, state news agency New Ziana reported on Wednesday. The Joint UN Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) aims for HIV testing, treatment
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has said that Gay and Lesbian practices cannot be condoned because the country is a Christian nation. President Hichilema said the country can only “realign sound democratic values with other countries”, local media reports. Last month, the president
The United Nations Security Council is meeting on Monday to discuss the conflict in northern Ethiopia, even as rebels claim to be advancing towards the capital, Addis Ababa. The open session in New York will discuss the humanitarian crisis, where nearly eight
The United Nations Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia, expressing "deep concern" over the escalation of fighting in the north of the conflict-hit country.
THE United Nations Special Rapporteur on unilateral and coersive measures, Alena Douhan has called for the lifting of unilateral sanctions against Zimbabwe and urged sanctioning states and key national stakeholders to engage in meaningful dialogue on political reform, human rights and the
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday on authorities in Eswatini to respect the rights of children after schools were closed and a new wave of protests against Africa’s last absolute monarchy was suppressed. Students have been staging demonstrations in schools in
UK former health secretary Matt Hancock, whose handling of the pandemic was criticised in a Parliament report this week, was named as the United Nations’ special representative for Africa. Matt Hancock will be working on financial innovation and climate change under the
North Korea has warned the UN Security Council against criticising its missiles programme. During an emergency closed-door meeting of the top UN body on Friday, France circulated a proposed statement that expressed concern over North Korea’s missile launches and called on it
North Korea successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile into the sea this week in the latest weapons demonstration from the rogue nation. Korean Central News Agency, the country’s state media, reported that the test was the first test flight of the “detached hypersonic
More than half a million people in Africa could die between now and next year from Aids-related illnesses amid the Covid-19 pandemic – unless governments move to address the issue. A modelling analysis done by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAids