30 December 2013 – United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on alert today amid…
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30 December 2013 – Attacks against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have sunk to a “vicious new low,”…
Prosecutors in Paris on Monday launched a probe into whether a French comedian was guilty of inciting racial hatred by joking about “gas chambers” while talking about a Jewish journalist. Dieudonne, who has drawn controversy over an increasingly copied…
29 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged maximum restraint by all sides after Sunday’s rocket attack on Israel from…
The families of Israeli victims of Palestinian attacks appealed Monday against the imminent release of long-serving Palestinian prisoners as part of US-brokered peace talks, media reported. The Supreme Court has always rejected such appeals. Israeli…
Lionel Messi has once again taken the top spot in the Guardian’s ranking of the world’s top 100 footballers, beating Cristiano Ronaldo for the second year in a row. See the full list and how it breaks down by nationality, club and league
29 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack that occurred at the…
29 December 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan today voiced concern about reports of large numbers…
Thousands of young South Sudanese fighters loyal to ex-vice president Riek Machar have peeled away from an advance on a key town, the government said Sunday, but there was no immediate confirmation from Machar’s supporters. As the UN voiced concern…
Dr Kayode Fayemi It seems a new dawn for politics in Nigeria as the All Progressives Congress (APC) continues to…
28 December 2013 – The deadline set for the removal of the most critical chemical weapons material from Syria for…
The first UN peacekeeping reinforcements arrived Friday in South Sudan, where the government is said to have agreed an immediate ceasefire after nearly two weeks of heavy fighting with rebels. Seventy-two members of a police contingent, moved from the…
China’s top legislative committee formally approved a loosening of the country’s hugely controversial one-child policy on Saturday and abolished “re-education through labour” camps, state media reported. The decisions were taken by the standing committee…
27 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council and the top United Nations envoy in Lebanon have strongly…
27 December 2013 – The United Nations today called on the Iraqi Government to ensure maximum security for some 3,200…
27 December 2013 – Some 63,000 civilians have now sought refuge in United Nations bases in South Sudan as the…
26 December 2013 – As efforts intensify to bring the Syrian sides to a negotiating table in Switzerland, United Nations…
26 December 2013 – The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees today condemned Israel’s latest demolitions in the West Bank…
Amid escalating tensions and deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the country today…
The security and humanitarian situations in South Sudan are rapidly deteriorating as a result of the country’s political disputes, the…