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The world’s institutions are ill-prepared and poorly designed to effectively address global challenges such as major power conflicts, pandemics, the climate catastrophe, refugee crises, violent extr

Theres also the question of whether making the Security Council tent bigger would do anything to alleviate its divisions.

For now we must live in the Twilight Zone where the noble goals of the UN charter exist only on paper and there is no cavalry to ride to the rescue of the millions of victims of needless conflicts.

Africa’s call for reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has grown into a compelling argument for decolonising the composition of the Council by adding one or more African permanent members

For an uninformed casual news consumer, guarantees of security and rights for the people of Artsakh within the jurisdiction of Azerbaijan may sound perfectly normal. In the wake of the seventh months of total blockade and aggravating humanitarian catastrophe in Artsakh the offer to use the Aghdam route through Azerbaijan may equally appear as a fair deal to alleviate the suffering.

Africa has a huge human capital and vast array of natural resources that have propelled the Big 5 countries to have vested interest in it.

Insights into international affairs viewed from the Global South

-- says Foreign Minister David FrancisSierra Leone achieved a significant milestone on 6 June when it was elected to a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2024 to 2025. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Prof. David Francis spoke to Africa Renewal's Kingsley Ighobor on what this means for Sierra Leone and Africa, and the priorities that the country intends to promote during its tenure. The...

While the challenges for G20 and for India as the president are daunting, this is a chance for Delhi to bolster the credibility of the idea of multilateralism

A bad idea backed up by worse reasoning.