5 August 2014 – Following the announcement yesterday of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions, United Nations Secretary-General Ban…
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4 August 2014 – The Libyan parliament convened for the first time today, a move welcomed by the United Nations…
1 August 2014 – United Nations humanitarian staff working in crisis-torn Central African Republic (CAR) reported today that despite peace…
1 August 2014 – United Nations officials have welcomed the decision of the Constitutional Court of Uganda to annul the…
4 August 2014 – Amid a seven-hour ceasefire announced by Israel in Gaza, the United Nations and aid partners are…
4 August 2014 – The top United Nations relief official in Lebanon today strongly condemned attacks on the Lebanese Armed…
17 July 2014 – Haiti, often cited as one of the least developed countries in the Western Hemisphere, has reached…
16 July 2014 – Deeply concerned by the “urgent humanitarian situation” of unaccompanied child migrants from Central America, Secretary-General Ban…
16 July 2014 – In a first-ever visit to the Dominican Republic, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today addressed the…
Follow @{0}Millions of Nigerien children will again go hungry this year (file photo)DAKAR, 4 August 2014 (IRIN) – More donor…
30 July 2014 – As the United Nations “re-hats” some of the African troops currently serving in the Central African…
30 July 2014 – The United Nations envoy in Somalia welcomed today the agreement stating intent and principles for forming…
Follow @{0}Fruit bats are the most likely reservoir for Ebola virusCONAKRY, 1 August 2014 (IRIN) – Medical teams struggling to…
Follow @{0}An MSF health worker in Kailahun has his protective suit disinfected as he exits the Ebola isolation ward.KENEMA/KAILAHUN/FREETOWN/MONROVIA, 31…
Follow @{0}Sending “death squads” on peacekeeping?BANGKOK, 29 July 2014 (IRIN) – Reports on Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Nigeria released in…
28 July 2014 – The shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine may amount to a war…
24 July 2014 – In the wake of recent tragedies, the United Nations refugee agency today called on European countries…
15 July 2014 – Calling them “the backbone” of Haiti, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised national police recruits and the…
30 July 2014 – While Kenyans have rights to safe water and sanitation on paper, it is now time to…
28 July 2014 – With preparations underway for the United Nations to take over from an African Union-led peacekeeping mission…