United Nations
AFRICA: New responses needed to drylands management
Desertification affects 100-200 million people globally, and could potentially affect one-third...
AfricaINTERNATIONAL: Human rights and business issues remain
The second report provides indications that the special representative, when coming up with...
InternationalSUDAN: Regional politics crucial for Darfur security
More than four years after it escalated, and more than a year after the Darfur Peace Agreement...
SudanINTERNATIONAL: Biofuel effect on farm prices limited
The OECD and UN Food and Agriculture Organization last week released their annual Agricultural...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: Urban growth requires renewed thinking
Almost half the world's population lives in cities. The proportion is going to grow sharply over...
InternationalCIS/RUSSIA: Moscow will oppose GUAM revival
GUAM remains in its infancy: cooperation is loose and ill-defined, and institutions have yet to...
CisRUSSIA/CIS/IRAN: Politics complicate Caspian talks
The legal status of the Caspian Sea plays a key role in enabling or preventing the construction...
RussiaSOMALIA: Lack of coherence limits international impact
A lack of coherence between US, EU and UN responses towards the crisis in Somalia is jeopardising...
Somalia