GUTERRES WARNS: MILITARY SPENDING HITS $2.7 TRILLION

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that global military spending reached US$2.7 trillion in 2025, urging stronger oversight by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as concerns over nuclear weapons grow.

RAMAPHOSA CALLS FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for broader reforms of the United Nations, criticising the lack of representation in the Security Council, during a speech in Barcelona on Saturday.

BAHRAIN SUBMITS U.N. RESOLUTION TO PROTECT STRAIT OF HORMUZ

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Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani said Bahrain had submitted a draft U.N. Security Council resolution to protect freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, as Manama pushed its efforts to safeguard shipping in the strategic waterway.

HISTORIAN APPLAUDS GHANA FOR LEADING UN SLAVE TRADE RESOLUTION

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Historian and University of Namibia lecturer Shampapi Shiremo has praised Ghana for spearheading a United Nations General Assembly resolution that declares the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.

UN RECOGNISES SLAVERY AS “GRAVEST CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY”

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The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution recognising slavery as one of the gravest crimes against humanity.

This comes after Ghana’s President, John Mahama, proposed the resolution at the Assembly, seeking to declare the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.