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The council voted overwhelmingly in favor of the resolution — 14 of its 15 members voted “yes” including U.S. allies Britain and France — but it was doomed by the veto.

Demonstrators had called for Maiga’s resignation follow his November 16th comments.

“For his liberty to be curtailed in a sovereign state like Kenya and no actions being taken by the Kenyan government against the sister country, violating the territorial integrity of Kenya, that is a very serious matter,” Besigye lawyer told the press on Wednesday (November 20).

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urged Libya and other nations Tuesday to help arrest six men allegedly linked to a brutal militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves were discovered in 2020

“Spain needs 250,000 to 300,000 foreign workers annually to maintain its standard of living,” said Elma Saiz, Minister of Inclusion and Migration.

Residents of the Haitian capital’s Solino neighborhood congregated to improvise shelters in the neighboring Bourbon neighborhood. In a desperate effort to establish a camp where they can settle, the residents join forces with hammers, sticks, and machetes.

Prosecutors accused Al-Hassan, 47, of leading a “reign of terror” after the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group seized the historic city in 2012.

Authorities say the miners are not trapped but have refused to emerge, fearing arrest.

Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion to deal with damage from climate change and to adapt to that change. Experts agree that at least $1 trillion is called for, this is far more than industrialized nations have so far pledged to the loss and damage fun.

As he did in his first term, US President-elect Donald Trump is likely in January to invoke the so-called global gag rule, a policy that bars US foreign aid from being used to perform abortions or provide abortion information

UNAIDS executive director, Winnie Byanyima, says her husband was taken in Kenya and is now in a military jail in Kampala.

Authorities are seeking over 30 million meticais (approximately 480,000 euros) in damages for destruction caused during protests in Maputo. Mondlane has been calling for demonstrations since mid-October, denouncing what he claims is widespread fraud in the recent presidential election.

President Ruto donated Sh600,000 to the church choir, Sh2 million for the construction of the parish priest’s house, and pledged an additional Sh3 million for the same project.

More than 100 armed groups have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda.

Host nation Morocco, defending champion Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Algeria, Congo, Cameroon, Senegal and Angola were already qualified before the penultimate round of qualifiers.

Pastef’s victory in the legislative polls has redrawn the electoral map and given it unprecedented power to implement its programme.

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon said peacekeepers and its facilities were targeted in three separate incidents on Tuesday.

The European Union pledged Tuesday to lend 91 million euros ($96 million) to Cameroon over the next three years to boost the West African country’s infrastructure and attract foreign investment.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva closed the Group of 20 summit on Tuesday and handed over the presidency to South Africa.

Gangs launched a fresh attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side-by-side with police.

After garnering some rave reviews from critics, Wicked will be making its cinema debut, including in South Africa, this week. The film stars Cynthia Eviro and Ariana Grande, for whom some are demanding Oscar consideration.

The return of Lumumba’s tooth from former colonizer Belgium in 2022 had been celebrated around Congo, with the tooth taken around the vast country so people could pay their respects.

Superstar Cher has released the first part of her memoir, in which she details her complicated childhood and her rise to fame, as well as her turbulent relationship with Sonny Bono.

A group of relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war gathered at a rally in Kyiv on Tuesday to remember their loved ones as the full-scale Russian invasion reached its 1,000th day.

Money is the key issue at the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, where negotiators are working on a new amount for developing nations to transition to clean energy, adapt to climate change and deal with weather disasters.

The EU council has agreed to give another €20 million to the Rwanda Defence Force in Mozambique, where troops are fighting against an Islamic State-backed insurgency. The council pledged the same amount back in 2022.

Activists from the global south gathered at COP29 in Baku, calling for an agreement that provides trillions of dollars to less privileged nations vulnerable to climate change.

U.K. Foreign Minister David Lammy, who chaired the meeting, told the council afterwards: “This Russian veto is a disgrace. … While Britain works with our African partners, Russia vetoes their will.”

“ready to declare a national emergency and deploy military resources to reverse the Biden administration’s immigration policies through mass deportation.”

“This court hopes that by the time the convict leaves prison, he will have learned that abusing people in the name of creating content is unacceptable,”

They were protesting against a proposed law that will reshape the country’s founding treaty between the Indigenous people and the British Crown.

The comprehensive analysis sheds light on individuals who remained in the United States beyond their authorized stay without a recorded departure or an approved visa extension.

Garowe Online reports the Electoral Commission as saying Abdirahman Cirro won 64 per cent of the vote.

He said described the situation as precarious but urged the police to respect the miners’ rights and not put their lives at risk.

On Tuesday, G20 leaders are expected to discuss sustainable development and the transition to cleaner energy.

Rescue efforts at the site of a building collapse that killed at least 16 people in Tanzania’s commercial capital entered a third day on Monday.

Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Monday calling for an immediate cease-fire in the war between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces and delivery of humanitarian aid to millions in desperate need.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing technical assistance to Liberia to address country’s data needs and bridging the data gaps – especially in locations where collecting statistical data is not easy, due to adverse weather events.

Burundi has started to release certain prisoners as part of an attempt to reduce overcrowding in the country’s 11 prisons. The nation’s president said he viewed the move as an opportunity for those released to contribute to the country.

A recent statistic from the Sudanese Ministry of Health on Nov. 15 revealed that the number of cholera cases has risen to 24,604, including 699 deaths, while the disease has spread to 11 of Sudan’s 18 states.