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Venezuela’s Maduro Fires Up UNGA, While a Fight for Afghan Women’s Rights Has Big-Name Backing

Maurizio Guerrero
• September 22, 2021

The second day of world leaders’ speeches delivered at the United Nations General Assembly continued on Sept. 22, after the heavily reported appearance of United States President Joe Biden at the fabled rostrum in the Assembly Hall; a last-minute video …

Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, Human Rights, UNGA76, US-UN Relations

English-Speaking Ghana May Adopt French as an Official Language: Why?

Stéphanie Fillion
• May 20, 2019

Ghana, one of the few English-speaking holdouts in Francophone-heavy West Africa, is suddenly talking about adopting French as an official language. How come? In 2017, Emmanuel Macron became the first French president to visit this former English colony in 60 years. …

Categories: Africa

Kofi Annan, 80, a Popular UN Secretary-General From Africa, Is Dead

Barbara Crossette
• August 18, 2018

Kofi Annan, the seventh and probably the most popular and widely respected secretary-general the United Nations has ever known, died unexpectedly in Bern, Switzerland, early on Saturday morning, Aug. 18. His death, reportedly from leukemia, followed what initial reports described …