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The Security Council said today it will further examine a request for a United Nations mandate for the deployment of an African stabilization force to Mali, which has been beset by political instability and insecurity since earlier this year.
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Continue readingThe United Nations and its partners today appealed for $1.6 billion to provide vital humanitarian aid to people in the crisis-stricken Sahel region of West Africa, revising their previous requests for funding in light of the dramatic deterioration of the
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, yesterday, handed a life sentence to the former military officer Ildephonse Nizeyimana.
He was convicted of killing thousands of Tutsi, including Queen Rosalie Gicanda, the widow of King Mutara Rudahigwa III.
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THE Joyce Banda-led government of Malawi has decided to defy conventional African expectations and snubbed the African Union (AU)'s conditions for hosting its July summit. The AU had given Malawi the condition that the country had to accept Sudanese President
Mozambique remains among the world's top 50 most peaceful nations, taking the 48th position, for the second consecutive year, on the 2012 Global Peace Index (GPI) released in London last week.
The GPI is the world's leading measure of global …
Continue readingOn his last day of appearance in court before International Criminal Court (ICC) judges hand him a sentence, convicted war criminal Thomas Lubanga told judges that he is peacemaker, and they should not look at him as a "warlord" while
Uganda spends sh7.5bn each year treating complications resulting from unsafe abortion, a new study reveals.
The World Health Organization guidance on abortion-related services reveals that in Uganda, about 300,000 abortions are carried out every year.
"Abortion related complications are one
Noting the recent resurgence in attacks by the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in countries in Central Africa, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed for international support for regional efforts to eliminate this threat and address the impact …
Continue readingThe long-running spat between the African Union (AU) and International Criminal Court (ICC) over perceived bias has prompted the AU to push ahead with plans to form its own Africa-wide criminal court, but analysts believe the move could complicate, rather …
Continue readingIsraeli officials have begun forcibly rounding up immigrants from South Sudan and the Côte d'Ivoire in order to start deporting them on Sunday.
The Israeli Population and Migration Authority stated yesterday that a total of 213 people had been arrested …
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