UN warns of ‘generational catastrophe’ over school closures

The Confederation of African Football's secretary general Hicham El Amrani resigns just a week on from Issa Hayatou's defeat in CAF presidential elections.

FIFA says no suggestions either Russia or Qatar did anything to warrant losing the right to stage World Cup tournament.

U.S. President says the United Nations has 'tremendous potential' during a meeting Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the White House.

The UN secretary-general referred to the situation in Libya as a "scandal," amid mounting violence despite recent peace talks. He also cited "growing instability and hair-trigger tensions" in the Middle East.

Last week, the secretary general of South Africa's ruling ANC party was charged with 21 counts of fraud and corruption. Ace Magashule is out on bail awaiting trial that's set to begin in February. He is one of the highest ranking but far from the only member of the ANC to face corruption charges. Former president Jacob Zuma was ousted by party members for the same reason. Dirk Kotze, a professor of political science at the University of South Africa, gives us his Perspective.

In a speech in the German parliament, Guterres urged for countries to ensure the widest possible coronavirus vaccine access, saying it should be considered a "public good."

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The French government's strong and swift response to the Covid-19 pandemic has won praise from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in its latest report. But the OECD is also warning of risks from debt and high public spending. For more, Stephen Carroll speaks to OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.