Adoption of constitution marks “important day” for Somalia: UN envoy
Somali leaders on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a provisional constitution, following a week of negotiations and even an attempted suicide bomb attack on the venue.
Somali leaders on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a provisional constitution, following a week of negotiations and even an attempted suicide bomb attack on the venue.
The Nigerian government has given the green light for a major oil contamination clean-up of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has welcomed the decision to go ahead with the operation.
France assumes the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month, and the country’s ambassador to the UN is hoping there will be concerted international action on Syria.
Delivering a baby is strenuous enough, but imagine spending two hours on a motorbike, a ferry and a rickshaw just to get to the nearest health centre to give birth.
Recent cutbacks by European Union governments in jobs, wages and benefits have particularly affected women, according to a new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Commission.
The Security Council on Tuesday renewed the mandate for the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
Fourteen people have died following an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The deaths occurred in Kibaale district in the western part of the country, nine of them in a single household.
One year after the revolution in Libya, the country remains littered with numerous unexploded ordnance (UXO), unattended heavy weaponry and ammunition, and newly laid minefields.
Intense fighting has caused an estimated 200,000 people to flee the Syrian city of Aleppo over the past two days, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).