Damilola Banjo
Damilola Banjo is an award-winning staff reporter for PassBlue who has covered a wide range of topics, from Africa-centered stories to gender equality to UN peacekeeping and US-UN relations. She also oversees all video production for PassBlue. She was a Dag Hammarskjold fellow in 2023 and a Pulitzer Center postgraduate fellow in 2021. She was part of the BBC Africa team that produced the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Sex for Grades." In addition, she worked for WFAE, an NPR affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. Banjo has a master's of science degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and an undergraduate degree from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.
The Israeli government continues to solidify its relationship with the breakaway region of Somaliland despite condemnation from the United Nations and as Somalia, which has internationally recognized rights over the semi-autonomous area, leads the Security Council in January. Gideon Saar, …
- Categories: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Security Council Presidency
“The position of the UN for the last 45 years is that we always regret the use of force,” said Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the fifth United Nations secretary-general, after the United States under President George H.W. Bush invaded Panama …
- Categories: Security Council, US-UN Tracker
A recent United Nations General Assembly resolution that outlines ways for combating exploitation and discrimination against children was rejected by the United States. Washington also voted against a resolution on policies and programs involving young people that has been approved …
- Categories: General Assembly, Human Rights, US-UN Tracker
The United Nations Secretariat hosted more than a hundred of its resident coordinators for an annual gathering that some insiders say cost the organization about a million dollars. The event was held at the headquarters in New York City as …
- Categories: Development, Secretary-General, UN Reform
The United Nations will no longer provide paper towels in restrooms servicing office spaces in its headquarters in New York City and has encouraged more use of the electric hand-dryers installed in these areas. The step, announced on Dec. …
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Reform
The United States voted in favor with 90 other countries (many European), while Russia and 11 others voted against the resolution, which was non-binding. China and 56 countries, mostly from Africa and Asia, abstained, although South Africa voted yes for …
- Categories: General Assembly, Ukraine-Russia War
Slovenia, a European member of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) informal working group at the United Nations, which supports greater transparency in the selection process of the next secretary-general, appears to be softening its calls for more openness in …
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council Presidency
The United Nations Security Council renewed the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic on Thursday, amid strong opposition from the United States. The mission will continue to protect civilians and support the fragile peace process of …
- Categories: UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Tracker
The United States draft text on delisting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab from the United Nations’ ISIL (Daesh)/Al Qaeda sanctions list was adopted by the Security Council with 14 votes in favor and one abstention. …
- Categories: Security Council, US-UN Tracker
The United States is working overtime to ensure the approval of a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution to delist Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and another Syrian national from the UN’s counterterrorism sanctions against the ISIL-Al Qaeda roster before al-Sharaa’s …
- Categories: Security Council, US-UN Tracker
Sierra Leone came to the United Nations Security Council ready to change the system. Instead, it found itself learning just how resistant the system is to change. The small West African country took its seat as an elected member of …
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
United States President Trump may want to see a ceasefire in Sudan, but Washington’s close ties with the United Arab Emirates are keeping the administration from being more assertive in trying to stop the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces …
- Categories: Africa, Security Council, US-UN Tracker
Multiple security posts at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, including a main pedestrian entrance on 42nd Street and First Avenue, were left unmanned on Monday as some officers carried out a coordinated sick-out to protest proposed cuts …
- Categories: UN Reform
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