United Nations
AFRICA: Focus turns to human rights erosion
The UN Children's Fund launched this month 'The State of the World's Children 2000' report,...
AfricaGREECE: Clinton Conciliation
US President Bill Clinton ended a brief visit to Greece on November 20, having earlier in the...
GreeceINDONESIA: Timorese Prospects
The World Bank yesterday put the cost of rebuilding East Timor at 300 million dollars, with...
IndonesiaMOROCCO: Sahara Shift
King Mohammed VI has this week dismissed interior minister Driss Basri, until recently principal...
MoroccoHAITI: Political Tensions
The government yesterday announced plans to expand the police force by 50% to 9,000 officers to...
HaitiIRAQ: Oil Market Arbiter
Baghdad is making preparations to maximise production once the limits imposed by current UN...
IraqIRAQ: Oil Market Arbiter
The potential scale of Iraqi oil exports is such that they are able to destabilise international...
IraqSIERRA LEONE: Peace Fragility
The UN Security Council is due to vote today on the despatch of a 6,000-strong UN peacekeeping...
Sierra Leone