Coral Gables, Florida, 18 June– Democracy is not a western import but an indigenous adaptation of general principles by each and every country worldwide, says Lorne W. Craner, U.S. assistant secretary of state for democracy, […]

Accra, 18 June– Following the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the Liberian government and two rebel groups in Ghana, peace talks are scheduled to begin on Thursday despite reported ceasefire violations in southeastern Liberia. […]

New York, 18 June– United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is set to embark on a three-week trip, during which he will attend meetings on the Middle East peace process with other members of the diplomatic […]

New York, 18 June– Murder and rape are increasing in the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and children are slowly dying of starvation, with nearly two-thirds of the population estimated to suffer […]

New York, 18 June– The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today launched the first-ever report on women in sub-Saharan Africa living with obstetric fistula, a debilitating pregnancy-related condition caused by prolonged obstructed labour. UNFPA said […]

Geneva, 18 June– With four out of five people in the world lacking basic social security coverage such as health care, pensions and unemployment benefits, the United Nations labour agency today launched a campaign to […]

Nairobi, 18 June– Against a backdrop of brutal ethnic clashes and military rebellions, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) today launched an emergency appeal for US$38 million to feed nearly half a million war-affected people […]

New York, 17 June– Divisions among Somali leaders persist, even as the reconciliation process gears up for its third and final phase of negotiating the formation of an all-inclusive government, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan […]