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Migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya are enduring ruthless and systematic human rights violations, including killings, torture, sexual violence and trafficking, a new UN report has disclosed. The report, published on Tuesday by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, covered the period from January 2024 to December 2025. The report documents what it calls an “exploitative model preying on migrants, …

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, his son said. He was 84. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., had been hospitalized in recent months and was under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy. He died Tuesday morning, surrounded by …

Many of the Democrats who came to the Munich Security Conference this weekend want to be president. But even if one of them can win the White House in 2028, they may find they can no longer claim the title every American president since the 1940s has borne: leader of the free world. California Gov. Gavin Newsom went on stage …

On the diplomatic front, Nigeria and Türkiye enjoy a strong rapport on multilateral platforms such as the D-8 and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Both countries have emerged as influential voices in advocating for reform in global governance structures, with President Erdoğan’s notable assertion that “the world is bigger than five” echoing Nigeria’s demand for stronger African representation on the …

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has declared the exclusion of Africa from permanent membership of the Security Council “indefensible”, urging urgent reform of global power structures. This is contained in a statement on Saturday by the Communication Section of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Addressing the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Guterres said “2026 cannot operate on …

The African Union (AU) has elected new Bureau of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the AU and promise to prioritise Water Security in its 2026 era. This is contained in a statement issued via the AU website on Sunday on the margins of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and …

US President Donald Trump has reversed a key Obama-era scientific ruling that underpins all federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases. The so-called 2009 “endangerment finding” concluded that a range of greenhouse gases were a threat to public health. It’s become the legal bedrock of federal efforts to rein in emissions, especially in vehicles. The White House called the reversal the …

Morocco has been elected to a two-year term on the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) following a first-round vote held in Addis Ababa. Morocco’s foreign ministry announced in a statement that the vote held during the 48th Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Wednesday. According to the statement, the kingdom secured more than two-thirds of the …

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has expressed his sorrow over Tuesday’s deadly shooting at a school in rural Canada that left at least eight dead and 25 wounded. Guterres was “saddened to learn of the tragic shooting in Tumble Ridge, British Columbia,” his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said at the daily news briefing on Wednesday. “Guterres extends his deepest condolences to those …

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to block the opening of a new bridge connecting the US and Canada, again lashing out at his country’s northern neighbor over a range of economic issues as the rift between Washington and Ottawa deepens. Trump said he would “not allow” the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a 1.5-mile bridge connecting Detroit and …