October 23, 2012

• Benin: Following Benin Floods, UN Humanitarian Official Flags Need for 'New Paradigm' to Help Vulnerable

  At the end of a joint United Nations-Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) mission to Benin, a senior UN humanitarian official highlighted the need for new ways to help people... Read more »

October 21, 2012

• Benin: On Visit to Benin, UN Humanitarian Chief Calls for More to Help People Deal With Floods

  The United Nations humanitarian chief has called for a change in the way the international community deals with humanitarian crises and support governments in improving... Read more »

September 25, 2012

• Mali: African Leaders Call for Help With Mali Crisis

  African leaders took the podium on the opening day of the 67th United Nations General Assembly's high-level debate with a focus on the conflicts and humanitarian crises that block... Read more »

July 03, 2012

• Rwanda: Genocide Convicts Sent to Jail in Mali, Benin

  The United Nations tribunal trying key suspects implicated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has transferred four convicts to serve their sentences in Mali and four to Benin. Read more »

November 10, 2011

• West Africa: Ban Deploys UN Team to Assess Gulf of Guinea Piracy Threat

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deployed a team to assess the scope of the piracy threat in the Gulf of Guinea and make recommendations for possible United Nations support in... Read more »

October 19, 2011

• West Africa: UN Calls for Strategy on Piracy

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged States and regional organizations in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea to develop a comprehensive and integrated strategy to combat maritime... Read more »

September 27, 2011

• West Africa: Govts Call for Permanent African Seat On Security Council

  West African countries today called for enlarging the 15-member Security Council to give their continent its due representation on the United Nations body whose decisions are... Read more »