- 16 Jun 2012 17:26 - Sapa-AFP
- UN decides to end its mission to Syria, as regime troops continue to kill people across the country including "rebels", civilians, woman and children.
- 14 Jun 2012 06:46 - Guardian Reporter
- South Africa found itself on the receiving end of significant international condemnation, during a UN review of its human rights record this week.
- 12 Jun 2012 10:48 - Sapa-AP
- Millions of North Korean children are not getting the food, and health care they need to develop physically or mentally accoring to a new UN report.
- 08 Jun 2012 00:01 - Ray Ndlovu
- Zanu-PF is using Zimbabwe's hosting of a United Nations tourism assembly to rebrand President Robert Mugabe.
- 26 May 2012 11:10 - Fredrik Dahl
- A UN report has found that the total production, for the last five years, of low-enriched uranium would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons.
- 24 May 2012 21:12 - Jason Moyo
- Activists say the hosting of the United Nations' Navi Pillay is an attempt to sugar-coat Zimbabwe's poor human rights record.
- 17 May 2012 11:59 - Owen Bowcott
- Convicted war criminal Charles Taylor has accused the international community of selectively targeting African heads of state with prosecutions.
- 03 May 2012 14:20 - Staff Reporter
- Syrian troops have killed four students and arrested some 200 after storming an anti-regime protest at Aleppo University, in the north of the country.
- 02 May 2012 18:09 - Staff Reporter
- Rebels have killed more than 20 troops in the Syrian army's deadliest day of a ceasefire deal even as UN observers say they have a "calming" impact.
- 27 Apr 2012 17:30 - Staff Reporter
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has voiced alarm over the fourth murder of a journalist in Brazil this year.
- 20 Apr 2012 18:25 - Stephanie Nebehay
- The UN hopes to get permission from the Syrian government to send more aid workers to help at least 1-million people in need of urgent assistance.
- 18 Apr 2012 17:57 - Dominic Evans
- Syria has challenged the UN chief over the scope of a UN truce monitoring mission, resisting a larger presence as its army shelled targets in Homs.
- 18 Apr 2012 08:08 - Staff Reporter
- UN leader Ban Ki-moon says a UN mission's communications from the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara with UN headquarters have been compromised.
- 16 Apr 2012 11:01 - Staff Reporter
- A team of United Nations monitors have begun work in Syria, seeking to ensure both state forces and the opposition repect the terms of their truce.
- 16 Apr 2012 08:47 - Staff Reporter
- The UN security council is preparing to rebuke North Korea for its "deplorable" bid to launch a rocket in violation of a ban on ballistic missiles.
- 08 Apr 2012 07:44 - Karin Laub
- The US has warned Syria it won't be able to deceive the world about compliance with a cease-fire that is just days away, as the violence continues.
- 05 Apr 2012 00:00 -
- Oil importing costs have outweighed overseas financial aid received by developing countries in Africa, highlighting why Africa needs clean energy.
- 04 Apr 2012 19:28 - Dominic Evans
- Syrian activists have accused forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of bombarding rebel areas as a UN mission is expected to arrive in Damascus.
- 04 Apr 2012 14:01 - Friederike Bubenzer
- Now more than ever civil society organisations need to pull together to ensure that efficient collaboration assists in achieving justice.
- 29 Mar 2012 09:29 - Sharda Naidoo
- A lawsuit filed by Turkcell over a licence in Iran has implicated MTN executives and state officials in an explosive bribery and weapons scandal.
