The United Nations (UN) is concerned about the growing use of digital platforms by the Islamic State (IS) to finance its terrorist activities. Transactions through electronic wallets make terrorist organizations more able to financially support their activities without it being possible for investigators to trace movements. There are, for...
Mozambique defends the urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council in order to adapt its international action policies to the present day, according to the Mozambican Ambassador to that organization, Pedro Comissário. "We were among the first, immediately after our election to the Security Council, to very emphatically defend the need to reform the Council...
The United Nations (UN) expects a sharp increase in the transit of grain export ships from Ukrainian ports soon, after the procedures agreed upon by Moscow and Kiev to allow traffic in the Black Sea are established. The information was advanced by Frederick Kenney, acting UN coordinator in the...
The death toll during protests against the United Nations (UN) presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has risen to 22, according to local authorities. Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya Katembwe confirmed Wednesday that there were at least 22 fatalities and 67 injured, including some...
The United Nations court (UN) says that Félicien Kabuga, alleged financier of the Rwandan genocide, is in a position to stand trial, which should begin as soon as possible in The Hague, Netherlands. The decision by the UN court follows the filing of a request for a stay of the...
The United Nations Organization (UNO) considers that the African continent needs to invest in the digitalization of its institutions, foreseeing that the results will be tangible within three years, especially in the recovery from the impacts of covid-19. This view was shared by the Secretary-General's advisor for Africa, Cristina Duarte, who said, however, that the...
The plight of refugees and internally displaced persons in East Africa will be exacerbated by rising food prices caused by the war in Ukraine, the United Nations (UN) warned on Wednesday. "The conflict in Ukraine will cause a collateral wave of famine by further exacerbating existing problems, such as the prices...
The former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will have left in "bain-marie" a proposed work addressed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), the Portuguese António Guterres. The announcement was made by the office of the former German chancellor, which does not disclose which functions were proposed by the UN SG, reports rtp. According to some news agencies...
In the context of covid-19, where fighting the pandemic is the priority for Mozambique alongside the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado, the United Nations (UN) suggests structural reforms in the country in order to accelerate the economic growth of 3.8% predicted for this year. According to an economist from the UN Department of Affairs...
The United Nations (UN) assumed on Wednesday that the international community is treating the African continent with "injustice and immorality" and that, from the standpoint of the covid-19 pandemic and the climate crisis, Africa is condemned to an extremely difficult situation. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has criticized the countries...