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United Nations Declares an End to Famine Conditions in Somalia
The United Nations on Friday declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia but warned that with recurrent droughts in the Horn of Africa, hunger remains a threat unless long-term measures are taken to restore food security. People in need of emergency...
Progress on Syria Resolution At United Nations
U.N. Security Council diplomats on Wednesday sounded cautiously optimistic for the first time that they might reach agreement on a resolution supporting an Arab League plan to end the violence in Syria. But they acknowledged that key differences remain,...
Ghana Will Not Budge in Its Anti-gay Rights Stance
Ghana will not budge in its anti-gay rights stance, despite calls to the contrary by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the last African Union summit in Addis Ababa, according to President John Evans Atta Mills. How People Arrived Here: ghana...
United Nations World Food Programme Helped Mark National Nutrition Day of Indonesia By Highlighting Fight Against Under Nutrition
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) marked National Nutrition Day of Indonesia by highlighting its partnership with the Government in the fight against under-nutrition. How People Arrived Here: indonesia coco ushiyama, wfp flag
Former Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El Baradei Will Not be a Candidate in Egyptian Presidential Elections
The former director general of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed El Baradei, announced in a statement, on Saturday issued in Cairo, that he will not be a candidate in the June presidential elections as "there is...
UN Highlights Security Vacuum As Northern Clashes Continue in CAR
Among the most pressing security threats in the Central African Republic (CAR) is a Chadian armed group active in the north of the country, which allegedly continues to recruit and acquire weapons, despite having undertaken to return to Chad. How People...
United Nations Increasing Security on the Troubled South Sudanese State of Jonglei
The United Nations is stepping up its peacekeeping presence in the troubled South Sudanese state of Jonglei in the wake of recent inter-ethnic violence that has displaced tens of thousands of people and killed an unknown number of others, the UN said...
African Union And United Nations Commend the Resolve of South Sudan to Support Anti-LRA Fight
The African Union (AU) special envoy for the Ugandan rebel group Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Francisco Madeira, and the United Nations Secretary-General’s special envoy and head of UN Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Abou Moussa, expressed...
