31 December 2013 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the staff of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone…
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31 December 2013 United Nations agencies today warned of possible famine and severe malnutrition in the Central African Republic…
30 December 2013 United Nations moved on the diplomatic and military fronts today to douse the flames of conflict…
L-R: Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; her husband, Governor Kayode Fayemi; with some aides, serving some elderly…
American schoolchildren were slaughtered in a hail of bullets after packing like sardines into a bathroom in a doomed bid to escape the murderous rampage of Newtown gunman Adam Lanza. Harrowing details about last year’s mass shooting were revealed on…
An army tank shelled a funeral tent erected by the Southern Movement at a school in Yemen on Friday, killing 13 people including children, a medic and witnesses said. Tensions are running high in the formerly independent south, home to an increasingly…
26 December 2013 The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees today condemned Israel’s latest demolitions in the West Bank…
24 December 2013 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern about the escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West…
The security and humanitarian situations in South Sudan are rapidly deteriorating as a result of the country’s political disputes, the…
The President of the General Assembly today encouraged the United Nations to honour Nelson Mandela “by letting his legacy live…
MINAWAO CAMP, 24 December 2013 (IRIN) – Only around 1,800 of the thousands of Nigerians forced to find refuge from…
20 December 2013 An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Belize to adopt…
Follow @{0}Medical consultation. Local and international NGOs underscore need for collaboration to tackle humanitarian crisesDAKAR, 20 December 2013 (IRIN) -…
The wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Amina Sambo has conducted off a seven days free eye screening and cataracts surgery…
(NewsUSA) – Shopping for school supplies isn’t what it used to be. Sure, kids still need notebooks, binders and pens…
24 December 2013 – Despite remarkable strides in improving women’s lives, China is insufficiently implementing relevant laws against discrimination and…
Abia women from all walks of life gathered in Umuahia, the state capital to celebrate their tenacity and accomplishments under…
24 December 2013 – The United Nations voiced increasing concern today for the security of 710,000 people uprooted by conflict…
23 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called a crisis meeting of his top advisers on the deteriorating situation in…
23 December 2013 – Urgent national and international action is crucial to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from plunging…