7 May 2015 – Sexual violence is being committed strategically, in a widespread and systematic manner, and with a high-degree…
Browsing: United Nations
Many children in Freetown who should be in school are notFREETOWN, 6 May 2015 (IRIN) – Fear and poverty are…
6 May 2015 – The United Nations Special Envoy on Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, is conducting intensive consultations aimed…
By Karim Camara and Jennifer Lazuta Guineans vote in the capital Conakry in the 2010 presidential electionCONAKRY, 5 May 2015…
6 May 2015 – As Liberia bounces back from the “national nightmare” of a devastating Ebola epidemic which claimed more…
5 May 2015 – Liberia is expected to be declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) within the week…
4 May 2015 – The head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
4 May 2015 – The United Nations has hailed South Sudan’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the…
IRIN’s West Africa editor Jennifer Lazuta recently spent eight days in Guinea, travelling in and around the town of Gueckedou…
2 May 2015 – After a reported overnight attack on Yarmouk refugee camp, the United Nations relief agency assisting Palestinians…
Tuareg rebelsBAMAKO, 30 April 2015 (IRIN) – The last few years in Mali have been busy: an independence declaration, a…
21 April 2015 – The road to peace is a complex and winding one, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner…
1 May 2015 – The United Nations is proceeding with its investigation of the events surrounding the release to a…
1 May 2015 – The number of South Sudanese refugees who have fled to Ethiopia since fighting broke out in…
30 April 2015 – Civil unrest continued for a fourth day in areas of Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, after current President…
30 April 2015 – On his first visit to Gaza, the new United Nations envoy on the Middle East peace…
30 April 2015 – The head of the United Nations body mandated to defend freedom of expression and press freedom…
29 April 2015 – The Secretary-General has today strongly condemned the shelling and aerial bombardment of the Yarmouk refugee camp…
By Jennifer Lazuta A child receives a shot of measles vaccineGUECKEDOU, 29 April 2015 (IRIN) – The odds were stacked…
29 April 2015 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said that surveillance and community engagement still require…