United Nations

Monrovia, 23 July– Increasingly desperate for food and pleading for evacuation, hundreds of Sierra Leonean refugees jammed the UNHCR compound in war-ravaged Monrovia on Wednesday amid continued fighting between government troops and rebels. UNHCR staff […]

New York, 22 July– The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that the future of thousands of Sierra Leonean children who once fought one of the world’s most vicious civil wars has now been […]

New York, 22 July– The top United Nations envoy for Iraq and a member of the newly established Iraqi Governing Council both called today for a speedy end to the United States military occupation and […]

Luanda, 17 July– More than 5,300 Angolan refugees have gone home from neighbouring countries since the organised movement began on June 20th. On Thursday (July 17), 509 refugees boarded the latest repatriation convoy that took […]

New York, 16 July– Plans by the international community to help calm the situation in Liberia are progressing, but the deployment of a peacekeeping force may not take place before the end of July, U.N. […]

New York, 15 July– While Monrovia’s relative calm has allowed the United Nations and other relief agencies to step up operations in and around the beleaguered Liberian capital, the humanitarian situation in the West African […]

New York/Maputo, 8 July– A day before arriving in Mozambique to attend the annual African Union summit, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today urged African leaders to invest in children as […]

New York, 8 July– The first meeting to review progress and exchange information on ending the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons opened at U.N. headquarters July 7, two years after an international […]