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FILE Britain's Mo Farah celebrates winning the gold medal, in the men's 5000-meter medals ceremony, during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child. The British athlete made the revelation in a BBC documentary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
UK Olympic great Mo Farah says he was trafficked as a child

By Danica Kirka Jul. 12, 2022 08:07 AM EDT

Officials: Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, some 200 missing

By Ahmed Al-Haj Jun. 14, 2021 11:13 AM EDT
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — U.N. and Yemeni officials said Monday a boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen a day earlier and some 200 migrants, mostly from the...

Death toll up to 42 after migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti

Apr. 13, 2021 03:52 AM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says the death toll has risen to 42 after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Horn of...

Migrant community: Fire at Yemen hangar on Sunday killed 44

By Ahmed Al-Haj And Samy Magdy Mar. 10, 2021 02:15 PM EST
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A fire that earlier this week tore through an overcrowded detention center for migrants in Yemen’s rebel-held capital has killed at least...

UN says fire in Yemeni migrant detention center kills 8

By Samy Magdy Mar. 07, 2021 03:27 PM EST
CAIRO (AP) — A fire broke out Sunday in a detention center for migrants in Yemen’s capital, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 170 others,...

UN: 20 migrants die after thrown overboard en route to Yemen

Mar. 04, 2021 03:47 AM EST
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says at least 20 migrants are dead after smugglers threw 80 overboard during a voyage from...

8 migrants drown, 12 missing while trying to reach Djibouti

Oct. 04, 2020 04:28 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says at least eight migrants have drowned and 12 are missing after smugglers forced them off a...

Kenya defeats Djibouti for a seat on UN Security Council

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 18, 2020 02:21 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kenya defeated Djibouti on Thursday for an African seat on the U.N. Security Council in a second round of voting held under dramatically...

Health workers analyze samples collected during mass coronavirus testing inside a mobile laboratory in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
The Latest: Coronavirus still spreading in 2nd S Korea wave

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2020 12:55 AM EDT

Norway's ambassador to the United Nations, Mona Juul, prepares to cast a vote during U.N. elections, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. Norway and Ireland won contested seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council Wednesday in a series of U.N. elections held under dramatically different voting procedures because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo via AP)
Norway, Ireland win UN council seats in vote amid pandemic

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 17, 2020 11:32 AM EDT

UN nations to elect new Security Council members Wednesday

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 16, 2020 04:39 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is holding elections Wednesday, including for two hotly contested seats on the U.N. Security Council. ...

UN adopts new voting procedure during COVID-19 pandemic

By Edith M. Lederer May. 30, 2020 01:47 AM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a new voting procedure Friday for the upcoming election of new members of the Security Council aimed at...