United Nations
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 08:31
With no functioning central authority caused by the country's two-decade-long war, most local administrations receive some sort of financial or military support from foreign entities. Therefore, as a matter of fact, non-Somalis have leverage in the country.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:11
The Obama administration has told the United Nations that Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was plotting additional attacks on Americans and that the United States conducted the weekend raid that seized him under its right to self-defense.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 08:55
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor will appeal to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday to conduct a "thorough, independent and public inquiry" into allegations -- first disclosed in a Foreign Policy investigation -- that the U.N. systematically covered up crimes against civilians and U.N. peacekeepers in the U.N.-African Union Mission in Darfur, also known as UNAMID.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 08:32
Uganda's foreign minister has been elected president of the UN General Assembly, over protests against his country's treatment of gay people.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 06:18
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 12:47
Governments in West Africa should decriminalize drug use and treat the issue as a health problem, because a "war on drugs" will fail in the region as it has elsewhere, a new report by regional experts said on Thursday.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 10:15
"We agree that peacekeeping is an absolutely essential part of this Council's work and driven by our shared moral commitment to protect the defenseless from the scourges of war and conflict."
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 08:46
The U.N. Security Council meets Thursday to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, as the United States promises new aid to the beleaguered Baghdad central government.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 07:46
“The international community speaks about fighting terrorism, but we need to pay more attention to the human consequences of this global scourge,” Jehangir Khan, Director of the Office of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), told the UN News Centre.
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 07:37
Heavy fighting has raged between two groups within the Somali Federal Government troops in Lower Shabelle region of Southern Somalia, leaving at least eight fighters dead on Saturday according to officials, Garowe Online reports.