Tunisia and China signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday for the construction of a medical centre in Kairouan (central Tunisia), the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced in a statement ...

International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, where UN human rights chief Volker Türk decried a substantial increase in global exec ...

The Libyan Government of National Unity has signed a number of memoranda of cooperation with Somalia as part of the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries ...

Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says the current escalation of attacks and fighting in and around Zamzam camp for displaced people near El Fasher in North Darfur ...

The humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening as M23 rebel attacks continue to drive tens of thousands from their homes and claim hundreds of lives, UN humanit ...

Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern on Monday following the announcement by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and affiliated groups, of a political charter proposing t ...

Independent UN experts on Monday expressed grave concern over the scale of conflict-related sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 94 per cent of victims being women and g ...

While the security situation in the city of Goma remains worrying and a "precarious calm" is noted in Bukavu, capitals of North and South Kivu currently under the control of the M23 armed group, Unite ...

A Kenyan police officer serving with the Security Council-backed Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti died on Sunday after sustaining injuries during an anti-gang operation in the low ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the risk of nuclear conflict is rising – as global security arrangements unravel and military spending soars – urging governments to pus ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced the theme of World Health Day 2025, Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, which will focus on improving maternal and newborn health and surv ...

Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 per cent globally by 2050, with annual deaths from the disease projected to rise by 68 per cent, according to a new report from the International Age ...