The UN Security Council on Tuesday expressed concern over ongoing tensions in Burundi as the country prepares for 2015 elections. Nigeria’s UN envoy Joy Ogwu, the current president of the council, spoke to reporters after being briefed by Jeffrey Feltman…
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The United Nations office in Venezuela expressed deep concern Saturday over the “high human cost” of anti-government protests which have left 39 people dead during two months of unrest. Since early February students backed by the opposition have staged…
The UN accused Chadian soldiers Friday of carrying out an unprovoked attack when they opened fire in a crowded market in the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui, killing at least 30 people. The damning findings came a day after Chad — under fire…
The United States said Thursday it has voiced concern to Iran on its potential selection of a UN ambassador with alleged links to the 1979 seizure of the US embassy. Iran has not announced a nominee to be its ambassador in the United Nations. But a…
The number of Syrians registered as refugees in Lebanon after fleeing war in their country has surpassed one million, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday. Refugees from Syria, half of them children, now equal a quarter of Lebanon’s resident population…
An independent Scotland would drive on the right, replace the queen’s head on coins and bring in UN peacekeepers with purple berets — if Britain’s newspapers were to believed on April Fool’s Day. The Scottish independence referendum on September 18…
The UN’s refugee agency said Tuesday it was prepared to help evacuate some 19,000 Muslims at risk of attack from mainly Christian militias in the conflict-torn Central African Republic. “What we don’t want is to stand by and watch people being slaughtered…
Nigeria, under fire internationally for banning gay marriage and alleged abuses while tackling Islamist insurgents, on Wednesday received its first visit from the United Nations human rights commissioner. But Navi Pillay said she had not come to Africa…
Thousands of refugees are fleeing harrowing scenes of atrocities and body-strewn streets in northern Nigeria, the UN said Tuesday. The UN’s refugee agency said violence in the area had prompted some 2,000 people to flee into neighbouring Niger over…
28 February 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the recent violence in Venezuela, and urged the…
27 February 2014 – The United Nations Security Council said it is “appalled” by today’s terrorist attack in the Somali…
The UN’s human rights office on Tuesday condemned the killing of scores of villagers by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in…
Nigeria on Saturday pledged 1.5 million US dollars at an international donor summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa…
28 January 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged the Rwandan Government to lift undue restrictions…
Thousands of people have fled across Nigeria’s borders with Cameroon and Niger amid renewed clashes between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram insurgents, the UN’s refugee agency said Friday. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner…
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says nearly 6,000 people have fled the northern parts of Nigeria due to the activities…
The United Nations said Monday it is running out of food for the growing number of homeless in Central African Republic because of spreading unrest in the country. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said 38 trucks carrying rice are stuck at the Cameroon…
Germany said Thursday it had accepted a UN request to destroy remnants of Syria’s chemical weapons on its own soil as part of a bid to eliminate the arsenal by June 30. The foreign and defence ministries said in a joint statement that the move was intended…