A UN envoy warned on Tuesday that clashes in a border region between North and South Sudan risked casting a shadow over the peaceful referendum vote.
UN human rights officials are looking into Haiti’s ability to charge ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier over abuse that took place during his reign.
At least 247 people have been killed in violence in Côte d’Ivoire since its disputed presidential election in late November, the UN says.
As Haitians mark the anniversary of the devastating earthquake in 2010, hope has given way to a crushing sense of bitterness and despair.
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/ 11 January 2011
Security forces loyal Laurent Gbagbo opened fire on a neighbourhood where supporters of Alassane Ouattara said they had killed two police officers.
The United Nations wants between 1 000 and 2 000 additional peacekeepers for Côte d’Ivoire.
Ivorian security forces on Wednesday maintained a near total blockade of the hotel where presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara is holed up.
West African leaders decided to meet for emergency talks on the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire as strongman Laurent Gbagbo resists calls to step aside.
The United Nations has demanded a halt to the "atrocities" triggered by Côte d’Ivoire’s political crisis that have left 173 dead.
The UN mission in Côte d’Ivoire confirmed international peacekeepers met heavily-armed fighters who spoke English and said they were Liberian.
The international community may bolster the UN force in Côte d’Ivoire to head off any potential challenge by supporters of Laurent Gbagbo.
Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo has defied a global avalanche of criticism, insisting he is the true president of his country.
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/ 21 December 2010
The United Nations Security Council extended its peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire on Monday.
The EU decided to slap visa bans on 19 Ivorians, including incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo and his powerful wife, Simone.
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/ 20 December 2010
Ivorian after troops loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo sealed off the routes around a hotel housing his foe, Alassane Ouattara.
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/ 19 December 2010
The UN offered Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe a retirement package and safe haven if he agreed to stand down, according to a Wikileaks cable.
Côte d’Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo ordered UN and French peacekeepers out of the country on Saturday, accusing them of backing rebel fighters.
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/ 17 December 2010
<b>Joanne Yawitch</b> questions Richard Calland’s thoughts on SA’s preparations for hosting COP17.
After winning praise for their role in Cancùn, SA’s negotiators have high hopes for Durban talks.
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/ 15 December 2010
China, cast as the wrecker of the UN climate negotiations last year, went some way towards rehabilitation.
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/ 13 December 2010
The EU said it is ready to slap "restrictive measures" against Côte d’Ivoire where Gbagbo is refusing to recognise his rival’s victory.
Ivorian leader told Mbeki that Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential election had been rigged and that the outcome could not be trusted.
Elections in East and Southern Africa have left fewer women in politics, placing countries at risk of not meeting equality targets, the UN said.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday that the world was missing its last chance to control climate change.
Regional bodies, businesses and locals grappled with the political crisis enveloping Côte d’Ivoire with defeated Laurent Gbagbo refusing to step down.
Former president Thabo Mbeki will on Tuesday hand a preliminary report on his emergency mission to Côte d’Ivoire to the chairman of the African Union
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/ 7 December 2010
India’s forests have long been at the centre of a development-versus-conservation debate in the rising Asian power.
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/ 5 December 2010
World climate talks in Cancún enter their final stretch with fears of a repeat of the failures that nearly wrecked the 2009 Copenhagen summit.
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/ 1 December 2010
Complacency among young people is causing a new surge of the Aids epidemic in the United States and European nations a top United Nations expert said.
Cholera is just the latest disaster to be linked to the United Nations in Haiti — and the country’s election won’t change the nature of the mission.
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/ 12 November 2010
Somali pirates have set up a sophisticated network of agents that has turned the seizing of ships into a lucrative business.
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/ 12 November 2010
Nigeria’s foreign minister is threatening action against Iran if it violated international law and UN sanctions in an arms-smuggling case.