Kenyan diplomat Martin Kimani has been appointed the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. Kimani, who previously served as Kenya’s ambassador to the UN in New York, will take up the senior role after more than 25 years in international relations, peace and security, and multilateral diplomacy. He succeeds Ghanaian diplomat Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee.