From the Ethiopian Emperor’s 1963 warning to Bob Marley’s iconic song “War” and today’s calls for equality, justice and a reformed international order UNITED NATIONS, New York — September 2026: More than six decades after Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie I stood before the United Nations General Assembly and delivered one of the 20th century’s most […]
UNITED NATIONS, New York — September 24, 2026: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has renewed his call for a fundamental reform of the UN Security Council, arguing that the absence of permanent African representation is no longer defensible in a world vastly different from the one in which the United Nations was created. Speaking at
By Staff Writer, New York UNITED NATIONS, New York — September 22, 2026: The already strained relationship between the United States and Cuba took another dramatic turn on Tuesday when members of the Cuban delegation walked out of the United Nations General Assembly as U.S. President Donald Trump sharply attacked Cuba’s government and declared that
As the current chairperson of the African Union, Rwandan president Paul Kagame was among the first five leaders to address the just-concluded 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Kagame extolled the “deepening” partnership between Africa and the global body, noting, “the dividend of a more focused and functional Africa benefits everyone.” But even as
