1 April 2015 – Fierce fighting has erupted between armed groups in the area of Yarmouk, a camp of Syrian…
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Celebrations for Nigeria’s election winner, Muhammadu BuhariKADUNA, 31 March 2015 (IRIN) – Nigeria’s presidential election has been won by Muhammadu…
1 April 2015 – Tanzania should take steps to revise or repeal laws, customs and practices that discriminate against women,…
1 April 2015 – A new project aimed at restoring the livelihoods of some 33,000 households affected by armed conflict…
31 March 2015 – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa…
31 March 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has today welcomed the ceasefire and the withdrawal…
30 March 2015 – As the Security Council met this morning to discuss threats to international peace and security caused…
30 March 2015 – The crisis in Syria is getting much worse, characterized by shocking “levels of savagery,” the top…
29 March 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Nabil El-Araby Secretary General of the League of Arab States…
By Gabrielle Babbington Air pollution causes thousands of deaths a year in the Afghan capital Kabul, health officials say (archive…
29 March 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the people and Government of Nigeria on the largely…
28 March 2015 – The top United Nations official in Somalia has strongly condemned yesterday’s terrorist attack on a hotel…
24 March 2015 – The issue of poverty continues to remain “under the radar” for many Chilean policy-makers despite the…
27 March 2015 – On the eve of presidential and parliamentary elections in Nigeria, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on…
25 March 2015 – The first case of Ebola in three weeks was found in Liberia, prompting heightened vigilance, while…
24 March 2015 – The United Nations Security Council has voiced its “profound disappointment” at the failure of all parties…
24 March 2015 – The United Nations refugee chief António Guterres began a two-day visit to Cameroon today to see…
23 March 2015 – At the end of a four-day visit to Ebola-affected communities in Liberia, United Nations Children’s Fund…
23 March 2015 – Violations of human rights “fuel and shape the conflict” in the occupied Palestinian territories, a senior…
23 March 2015 – An ongoing decline in overall elephant numbers remains likely as the poaching of African elephants continued…