A negotiator says Palestinians will seek UN recognition and membership regardless of whether there is a resumption of peace talks.
Khartoum stepped up air strikes in South Kordofan state on the south Sudan border on Tuesday, causing "huge suffering" to civilians, the UN says.
Sudan’s army has launched repeated air strikes on the southern army in Unity state in a bid to seize oilfields weeks before the south’s independence.
African leaders at the UN Aids summit have asked for money to deal with the pandemic and to reach the Millenium Development Goals.
Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that he will stand for a second five-year term as United Nations secretary general.
Libya’s PM says his government has asked the UN and AU to prepare and monitor a ceasefire, but ruled out the departure of strongman Muammar Gaddafi
Militiamen backed by the Sudanese government are heading south to the flashpoint town of Abyei, the United Nations says.
Manmohan Singh was due to sign deals in fields from trade to life sciences to boost India’s footprint on the African continent.
More than 15 000 people have fled Sudan’s Abyei region to Agok in the south after the northern army seized the disputed area, the UN has said.
North Korea and Iran appear to have been regularly exchanging ballistic missile technology in violation of United Nations sanctions.
A Nato bombing blitz rocked the Libyan capital on Tuesday, as rebels in besieged Misrata claimed to be pushing back the Libyan strongman’s forces.
South Sudan, now an independent state, is facing a rise in conflict between militia groups which threaten the lives of civilians, a UN official says.
The Academy of Science of South Africa wants to demolish gender myths to attract more girls into science and related fields.
The Libyan government’s reported use of cluster munitions in Misrata may amount to crimes under international law, the UN said on Wednesday.
The rebel council governing the Libyan city of Misrata said on Tuesday it was formally asking for Western troops to intervene to protect them.
Jacob Zuma on Thursday joins a club of the world’s most important developing nations at a summit in China, the latest effort to assert his n
Côte d’Ivoire’s former president Laurent Gbagbo has been placed under house arrest, while the of sound weapons rocked Abidjan once more on Tuesday.
Judge Goldstone’s partial recantation of a UN-sponsored report on Israel’s invasion of Gaza has predictably divided the local Jewish community.
The UN has roundly rebuffed remarks by South African judge Richard Goldstone that cast doubt on the report into the Gaza war.
Conflict and violence are holding back global economic growth and trapping 1,5-billion people in dire poverty, the World Bank said on Sunday.
The judge’s recent remarks about his finding against Israel highlight inherent bias at the UN.
Rich and poor nations agreed on Friday on a roadmap for UN climate talks this year after feuds flared over actions required to combat global warming.
Gadaffi’s forces shelled Ajdabiya in Libya on Friday, as Nato expressed regret at the deaths caused by an alliance air strike on rebel tank
Investigators have recovered the flight order of a UN plane that crashed near Kinshasa in the DRC on Monday, leaving 32 people dead.
Afghan protesters killed up to 20 United Nations staff, beheading two foreigners, when they over-ran a compound on Friday.
While Africa has the right to be sceptical about the West’s intentions, it also has a duty to protect Libyan citizens.
Escalating conflict has generated humanitarian catastrophe, writes <b>David Smith</b>.
With the war on Aids nearing its 30th anniversary, the United Nations on Thursday declared "a moment of truth" had come for new strategies.
Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara reached the country’s official capital.
Mexico’s battle with its powerful drug cartels has seen almost 35 000 deaths, as well as the disappearances of an unknown number of others.
The United Nations atomic energy chief called a Vienna summit to tackle mounting concerns about nuclear safety.
Concern grew on Friday over Côte d’Ivoire’s worsening humanitarian crisis, with up to a million people fleeing post-election violence.