UN Report Urges New Ukrainian President to Make Sweeping Reforms The United Nations Development Program in Ukraine has presented a report calling for the new president to introduce radical economic an...
UN Peacekeeping Troops Launch New Operation in Haiti U.N. peacekeeping troops backed by tanks have launched a new operation in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, to counter a new wave of violence by a...
UN Approves Nuclear Terrorism Treaty The United Nations has approved a treaty aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism.Passage of the measure ends seven years of negotiations. In the end, no vote was nec...
ILO Warns of Sanctions Over Burma's Forced Labor Practices The International Labor Organization has warned the Burmese military junta to end forced labor or risk triggering sanctions from ILO member s...
Annan Unveils Comprehensive UN Reform Plan Secretary General Kofi Annan has unveiled a sweeping plan to reform the United Nations and sharply increase its authority in world affairs. From U.N. headqua...
Annan Challenges World Leaders to Overhaul UN Operations The secretary-general Monday outlined the most comprehensive overhaul of the United Nations since it was founded in 1945. The planned changes w...
US Officials: Instability in Africa a Challenge to War on Terror At public curing, the intelligence officials said Africa has become a recruiting ground for Islamic extremists. They expressed concern...
Sudan Rejects Calls for International War Crimes Tribunal on Darfur In a joint Security Council appearance Tuesday, Sudanese vice-president Ali Osman Taha, southern rebel leader John Garang and specia...
Son of Togo's Late President Sworn into Office Faure Gnassingbe took his father's place as the president of Togo , swearing an oath before the country's top judges to fulfill the duties of president,...
Ivory Coast Fighters Hopeful for Peace Rebels, the army, militias, and supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo are all hopeful a new peace deal struck in South Africa will finally end two-a...
EU Pledges Security Cooperation with African Union Representing the presidency of the African Union, Nigerian Foreign Minister Olu Adeniji made an appeal for EU support, during a press conference afte...
East African Military Officials Discuss Controversial Somali Peacekeeping Mission Ugandan military spokesman, Shaban Bantariza, says senior military officials from the seven-member Inter-Governmental...
Africa's Longtime Rulers Gabon's president Omar Bongo came to power in 1967, the same year as the recently deceased President Eyadema of Togo. Like Mr. Eyadema, he was a military officer who seized po...
Africa's 2005 Elections Present Challenges Major elections are scheduled to take place in Central and West Africa in 2005, including in several post-conflict areas. Experts agree challenges will be en...
African Union Summit Tackles Conflicts on Continent African leaders at a summit in Gabon are trying to find breakthroughs to stop the three major conflicts remaining on the continent - in Ivory Coast,...
