UN Security Council
25 Mar
After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time Monday demanded an immediate ceasefire after the United States, Israel's ally which vetoed previous drafts, abstained. Drawing unusual applause in the often staid Security Council, all 14 other members voted in favor of the resolution which "demands an immediate ceasefire"…
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One year after hosting the United States-Africa Leaders Summit (USALS), principal officers of the U.S. government, yesterday, said America had delivered more than 40 per cent of commitments made at the gathering, which hosted about 50 African heads of government in Washington DC.
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Brazil, which holds the UN Security Council presidency, announced Saturday that it would call an emergency meeting of the body to address the escalating violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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The University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship; the Sweden-based Nordic Africa Institute; and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, recently convened a high-level policy dialogue in Addis Ababa on “Pax Africana and Africa’s Post-Cold War Security Architecture.”
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