GENEVA, Switzerland, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Some 23,000 people affected by severe flooding in Kismayo, in southern…
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13 June 2014 – Egypt’s judicial system has again come up short, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) warned…
13 June 2014 – While efforts are underway to safely release the abducted Nigerian school girls, more civilians are killed…
13 June 2014 – As ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to drive civilians to seek safety…
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — More than 13,000 people living in villages between the towns of…
JUBA; South Sudan, June 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Aid agencies in South sudan today released a new plan…
Nigeria’s main opposition party has taken up the issue of insecurity, slamming President Goodluck Jonathan’s party for failing to stem the rising violence, ahead of what it calls “watershed” elections next year. Africa’s most populous country and biggest…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Some African Heads of State and Government, and high level…
NEW YORK, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN…
DUBLIN, Ireland, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, has announced that…
DAKAR, Sénégal, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa,…
12 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today encouraged all Libyans to remain engaged in the search for political solutions…
12 June 2014 – The United Nations agency that advocates for the protection of irreplaceable natural and cultural resources today…
12 June 2014 – Following clashes on Wednesday between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…
12 June 2014 – A group of independent United Nations experts today voiced serious concerns at the arrest, detention and…
11 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned today’s car bomb attack on a United Nations camp in mali…
10 June 2014 – Voicing deep concern that outbreaks of measles have left thousands of children in Somalia at risk…
BUJUMBURA, Burundi, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr.…
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksWendy R. ShermanUnder Secretary for Political Affairs United States Institute of PeaceWashington,…
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights…