United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for an "immediate return to constitutional order" in Guinea-Bissau, as West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS mobilized a peacekeeping force for the country following a coup in April.Read Full Article ...
UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (UPI) -- Financial and logistical support is needed from the international community to help implement the transition plan under way in ...
JUBA, South Sudan, May 16 (UPI) -- The first wave of South Sudanese refugees arrived in the capital of Juba following an airlift organized by international aid...
UNITED NATIONS - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a UN Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Repub...
UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- After the evacuation of the South Sudan Police Service(SSPS) from Abyei, violence continues to ensue between Sudan and South...
On 12 April soldiers deposed the government in Guinea-Bissau, marking another coup in a country in which no leader since independence has completed a full term. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior, widely expected to win...
In Mali military officers overthrew President Amadou Toumani Touré in a coup on 22 March. The takeover followed a mutiny demanding better weapons to fight the Tuareg rebellion advancing across the north. Throughout the month...
In Syria, the Assad regime?s brutal crackdown on protesters and civilians, including the continued shelling of central city Homs, reached an unprecedented scale, exacerbating fears of outright civil war. The UN reported over 7,500 killed...
In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...