Tag Archives: UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Live blog: UN-backed Gaza famine report is ‘appalling indictment’: Guterres

UN-backed Gaza famine

Israeli aggression on besieged Gaza — now in its 164th day — has killed at least 31,726 Palestinians and wounded 73,792 others as Israel’s Netanyahu rejects calls for a ceasefire.

In Niger, Guterres calls for more resources to fight terror attacks in Africa’s Sahel

Sahel region of Africa

The number of terrorist attacks in the Sahel region of Africa “continues to increase” according to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who arrived in the capital of Niger, Niamey, on Monday, the second of three countries he is visiting on a tour of West Africa to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.