The Special Court for Sierra Leone has jailed former Liberian president Charles Taylor for 50 years for his role in aiding and abetting murder, acts of violent sexual abuse and ... Read more »
Ryder, a Briton, has become the 10th ILO director general when he elected at the International Labour Organisation headquarters in Geneva. Read more »
The two countries and United Nations World Tourism Organisation have signed a trilateral hosting agreement for the 20th session of the UNWTO general assembly in 2013. Read more »
The challenges confronting Sudan are daunting and require appropriate reforms to stabilize the economy says the International Monetary Fund. Read more »
Can the chronic food crisis in the arid region be resolved with food assistance alone or does it require a more multi-faceted response to tackling fundamental and systemic ... Read more »
African leaders, together with representatives from global business and the development community have signed a commitment to nurture the continent’s natural resources and ... Read more »
The UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau has condemned the use of force by members of the country's security and defence forces against a group of protesters outside ... Read more »
Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir says he is willing to withdraw troops from the disputed Abyei region, a move seen as a positive step to restore peace between the two Sudans. Read more »
Former warlord Prince Johnson has accused the human rights commission of planning to recommend that the International Criminal Court launch an inquiry based on the commission's ... Read more »
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Navi Pillay, has been criticised after calling for the suspension of targeted sanctions against Robert Mugabe's government by the European ... Read more »
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