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African Union Calls for Implementation of Sanctions Against Eritrea
The African Union General Assembly, being held in Ethiopia has called the recently imposed sanctions against Eritrea by the UN Security Council to be effective without delay. A draft declaration by the assembly obtained by APA welcomed the adoption, by...
Moderate Somali Islamist Group Welcomes United Nations Sanctions Against Eritrea
A moderate Somali Islamist group Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a has welcomed the move by the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea and praised the world body for taking a tough decision against the Horn of Africa nation. A spokesman for...
United Nations Lifts Arms Embargo on Liberia
The United Nations Security Council has lifted the arms embargo imposed on Liberia during the regime of former president Charles Taylor in 200. According to media reports, the UN Security Council took the action through the unanimous adoption of resolution...
Human Rights Watch Urges United Nations to End Support to DR Congo Army
The international human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch has urged the United Nations to end support to the Congolese army in its military campaign against Rwandan rebels because of alleged human rights violations. According to a statement issued Monday,...
United Nations Extends Mandate Against Somali Pirates for Another Year
The UN Security Council has renewed for another 12 months the authorization given by Resolution 1846 (2008) for states and regional organizations to enter Somali territorial waters in their fight against piracy. In resolution 1897 adopted unanimously,...
Prosecutor Requests International Criminal Court Approval to Probe Kenya’s Post-poll Violence
The Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo has disclosed he requested the judges to open formal investigations into Kenya’s 2007 Post elections violence. Ocampo said there had been widespread and systematic attack...
United Nations Accuses DR Congo Army of Helping Arm Rebels
The United Nations has accused the DR Congolese army of funneling weapons to rebel groups that are smuggling millions of dollars in gold and other minerals out of DR Congo, thereby helping sustain one of Africa’s bloodiest and most complicated wars. In...
United Nations Envoy Hails Positive Outcome of DRC, Rwanda Reconciliation
The rapprochement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda has “positive outcome for peace and stability of the Great Lake region,” the UN special envoy to the Great Lake region, Olusegun Obasanjo, said. For one year, Obasanjo has...
