Athens, April 29 (IANS) The United States continues to depend on Islamabad for mediation in conflict with Iran despite categorising Pakistan as high risk alongside other conflict-ridden countries, including Afghanistan, Somalia, and Yemen. Iran, meanwhile, regards Pakistan’s role as compromised by its perceived alignment with the US and Saudi Arabia, raising allegations of bias and procedural failures that undermined trust, a report said on Wednesday.”Although the United States Department of Sta…
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New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday that discussions about the reform of the Security Council (UNSC) have increased and mentioned that UN has taken “small steps” in this regard. Addressing a media briefing in New Delhi on Tuesday, Baerbock stated that P5 members are in attack of the charter of the UN during the current time.When asked about the efforts being made to reform the Security Council, Annalena Baerbock said, “Thi…
Mogadishu, April 24 (IANS) As many as 62,000 people have been displaced across five districts in Somalia since the beginning of the year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.According to the latest data released by IOM, three out of every four new displacements are due to drought and a 22 per cent increase from last year, which highlights the increasing severity of climate shocks.Chief of Mission for IOM Somalia, Manuel Pereira, said that “Drought is already forci…
Cape Town, April 19 (IANS) In recent weeks, India has sent 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to drought-stricken Malawi, 1,000 metric tonnes to Burkina Faso, and 500 metric tonnes plus relief supplies, including tents, hygiene kits, and medicines to Mozambique, but will its sole efforts solve the issue, an article in a South African news outlet asked.India’s shipments alone cannot reverse the food crisis in Africa, the South Africa-based Independent Online (IOL) said in a report.However, India’s ges…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Pakistan had tried to project itself as a net security provider in West Asia and even tried opening the possibility of setting up an Islamic NATO. Considering that Pakistan is a nuclear state, it felt that it could lead such a coalition, and the creation of the Islamic NATO would take centre stage in West Asia. Pakistan entered into a defence pact with Saudi Arabia, following which even Turkey sought a similar agreement with Islamabad. Pakistan had hoped to even rope in…
Addis Ababa, April 6 (IANS) The African Union (AU) and its partners have warned that the ongoing Middle East conflict poses a “serious risk” to African economies.In a joint policy brief, the AU, the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank, and the UN Development Program warned that the longer the conflict lasts and the more severe the disruption on shipping routes, energy, and fertilizer supplies, the greater the risk of a significant growth slowdown acro…
Mogadishu, April 4 (IANS) Somali security forces, backed by international partners, killed nine al-Shabaab militants during coordinated operations in southern Somalia, officials said Saturday.The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said the operations in the town of Kunyo Barrow and the Tugarey area of the Lower Shabelle region also destroyed six generators that the militants were using to make mines and explosives.”Such planned operations are part of ongoing efforts to destroy terr…
Imphal, Feb 27 (IANS) Three Amur falcons tagged with satellite transmitters in Manipur in November last year have been tracked to different African countries after completing a record transcontinental journey, officials said on Friday.A forest official in Manipur’s Tamenglong district said the birds — Ahu, Alang and Apapang — were tagged on November 8, 2025, as part of an ongoing satellite-tracking research programme undertaken by the state Forest Department in collaboration with the Wildlife …
United Nations, Feb 26 (IANS) Some 6.5 million people, or about a third of Somalia’s population, will face crisis levels of hunger through March, an increase of 1.7 million since January, UN officials warned. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday at the UN headquarters via video link, World Food Programme (WFP) Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response Ross Smith said the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report for Somalia, released on Tuesday, confirmed fears that t…
Addis Ababa, Feb 14 (IANS) Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Saturday expressed concern over Africa’s inability to address peace and security perils across different parts of the continent. The AUC chief made the remarks during the opening session of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU, which runs on Saturday and Sunday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.”Our summit is taking plac…