Tributes have been paid at the United Nations in Geneva to the victims of a terrorist attack in Paris, France in which 12 people were killed.
The armed assault on the satirical Charlie Hebdo newspaper on Wednesday has been widely condemned around the world.
The paper recently reportedly published a cartoon depicting the leader of the outlawed terrorist group known as Islamic State or ISIL.
Daniel Johnson reports
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A tribute has been paid to staff of the United Nations who lost their lives in the line of duty in the past year.
Between October 2013 and November 2014, 100 UN staff members died serving the UN.
A remembrance ceremony was held at UN headquarters on Thursday which also commemorated 102 colleagues who died in the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti five years ago.
The master of ceremonies was Yukio Takasu, the Under-Secretary-General for Department of Management, in this piece prepared by Beng Poblete-Enriquez.
Food prices dropped in December, according to the monthly report of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released on Thursday.
The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities.
FAO says that large supplies and record stocks, combined with a stronger US dollar and falling prices have contributed to the drop in food prices.
A movie which highlights the role of the civil rights movement in the United States has been shown as part of a UN campaign to remember the victims of slavery and oppression.
The movie “Selma” which has just been released focuses on the courageous efforts of Dr Martin Luther King Jr to empower African Americans to demand their right to vote.
It’s hoped the movie will lead to a better understanding of the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.
Stephanie Castro reports from the screening.
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A new plan to track aircraft that are out of radar contact when flying over oceans is being proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The proposal for planes to report their position every 15 minutes comes in the wake of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean in March last year.
John Illson, Chief of ICAO’s Operational Safety Section explained the proposal to Rocio Franco on the line from the agency’s headquarters in Montreal, Canada.
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The food situation has improved in South Sudan, but there are still concerns that many people do not have enough to eat according to an official of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The new African nation is facing a crisis sparked by fighting that broke out between government and rebel forces in December 2013.
Almost two million people have been displaced.
Evans Kenyi, FAO food Security analyst talked to Evanna Moussa about the food situation in the conflict-torn country.
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Cow dung is changing people’s lives in Rwanda by providing renewable and affordable fuel for cooking.
That’s according to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
It’s working with the Rwandan government to promote the use of clean renewable energy in the country.
A new African invention, which uses local materials to create cheap, portable and simple biogas digesters, turns the dung into gas for cooking, as Sam Cole reports.
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Cocoa producers in Côte d'Ivoire are reassessing their farming culture as they seek to get their children out of the fields and into the classroom.
That’s according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The agency says an increasing number of parents are seeing the value of education and are keen to make sure their children do not miss out...as Stephanie Castro reports.
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Rebels who have been operating in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been told to surrender or face military action.
The warning has come from the Force Commander of the UN mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) which is helping to bring stability to the country.
The Rwandan Hutu rebels of the so-called Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have been operating in the DR Congo after participating in the Rwanda genocide of 1994.
A group of Syrians refugees has been speaking about the experience of being abandoned on a so-called ghost ship as they crossed the Mediterranean Sea.
The Ezadeen, a Sierra Leonean flagged cargo ship, was found adrift in the Mediterranean and taken to Italy at the beginning of January.
It had been abandoned by people smugglers and set on autopilot courses towards the Italian coastline.
