The Prime Minister's Office announced the cancellation Sunday evening, less than 24 hours before Trudeau was scheduled to fly to Barbados where he was expected to pitch Caribbean leaders on why Canada should get a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Trudeau is on a farm in Keri, about 50 kilometres outside the capital of Dakar, to witness how $14 million in Canadian aid over the last 10 years helped stimulate vegetable production.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also said 2018 saw more than 12,000 children killed or injured as a result of those conflicts, the highest number since 1996.

Canada last sat on the Security Council in 2000.

Even if Canada doesn't win a Security Council seat, diplomats say its campaign in Africa for the spot has already yielded benefits for the country.

Colten Boushie's mother and cousin screened a documentary showcasing how, they say, the justice system failed them.

The co-founder of Winnipeg’s Bear Clan boarded a plane for Abu Dhabi on Saturday where he will present at an event hosted by the United Nations.

In March 1993, a 16-year-old Somali boy was beaten and tortured to death after he was caught by soldiers sneaking into a military compound. 

The proposed resolution, drafted by Indonesia and Tunisia stresses "the illegality" of any annexation that might be part of Trump's proposed Middle East peace plan.

Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Massé said that along with the structural changes that the government must impose, citizens have to change their own behaviours as well.