25 Apr 2013 07:06 - Edith M. Lederer The UN Security Council is expected to approve a peacekeeping force for Mali to help restore democracy and stabilise the northern half of the country.
22 Apr 2013 15:33 - Sapa Claims that South African soldiers in Sudan have not been getting their fortnightly allowance from the UN are unfounded, says SANDF.
18 Apr 2013 11:28 - Afua Hirsch Peacekeepers in Côte d'Ivoire could be substituted by drones in a further step towards greater use of the military aircraft in sub-Saharan Africa.
07 Mar 2013 19:15 - Sapa-AFP The UN Security Council has imposed new sanctions against North Korea as the North has threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US.
02 Mar 2013 09:18 - Sapa-AFP Fifty-seven people have been killed or wounded when a mortar shell slammed into a hospital in East Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says the UN.
12 Feb 2013 19:54 - AFP The UN Security Council has held emergency talks on North Korea's third nuclear bomb test in seven years.
08 Feb 2013 20:12 - AFP Following the rape of Anene Booysen, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has called on authorities to do more to tackle a "pandemic of sexual violence".
28 Jan 2013 13:18 - Helen Vesperini The collapse of a peace deal for troubled eastern DRC and the question of military intervention in Mali has dominated the latest AU summit.
19 Dec 2012 13:37 - Reuters Three workers in a United Nations-backed polio eradication campaign have been shot in Pakistan and two of them have been killed.
03 Oct 2012 12:06 The Pimples kids react with disbelief to news of Jacob Zuma's new role on a UN education panel while his own education department is crushed by broken promises.
02 Jun 2012 16:59 - Reuters Kofi Annan has warned that an all-out war looms in Syria, holding President Bashar al-Assad as the first responsible to act to end the conflict.
