Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga with his adviser and confidante Mr Salim Lone. It was early 2004, I had just returned to Kenya after retiring from the United Nations and began seeing Raila Odinga ...

Thousands are gathering across DC for a variety of WorldPride events this weekend. Here's what you should know by Associated Press TOPICS: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kofi Annan left the United Nations far ...

Nusaiba Binte Mamun, a student at Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), has been named a Kofi Annan Changemaker 2025, becoming the first Bangladeshi to receive this global ...

After a week-long gathering of leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York, its president struck a positive tone on Monday. Annalena Baerbock, the former German foreign minister, said there was a ...

In a hall filled with robes and rituals, Jane Goodall was the only one without an institutional affiliation. Yet she was the one who spoke most like a spiritual guide. Others invoked Scripture; she ...

Five young people spearheading efforts around the world to bolster and restore democratic principles share what they have learned — and what needs to change. By Shivani Vora This article is from a ...

Oct. 12 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1492, Christopher Columbus reached America, making his first landing in the New World on one of the Bahamas Islands. Columbus thought he had reached India.

PREVIOUSLY, 2:07 AM: Norway’s Nobel Committee announced Friday that Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado had won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, dashing President Donald Trump’s reported hopes that ...

Raila Odinga was one of Kenya's most influential and enduring political figures despite five unsuccessful presidential bids. For years, the firebrand politician emerged as a staunch campaigner and ...

Tributes have been paid to former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who has died at the age of 80. President William Ruto said the veteran politician, who died on Wednesday while receiving medical ...

When South Africa emerged from the shadows of apartheid in 1994, the world looked on in awe. The land of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela — Prisoner 46664 turned President No. 1 — had done the impossible: it ...