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SOMALIA: Al-Shabaab targets UN operations
Fighters from the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab yesterday raided two UN compounds, in Baidoa...
SomaliaAFRICA: UN to take on West African crime syndicates
Three United Nations organisations, in cooperation with Interpol, yesterday announced the...
LIBERIA: TRC calls for president to barred from office
Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) yesterday called for President Ellen...
LiberiaAFRICA: Botswana breaks ranks with AU over ICC
Botswana yesterday signaled its dissent from the decision by the 53-member African Union (AU) on...
BotswanaBURMA/UN: Ban seeks political concessions
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met the leader of Burma's junta, Senior General Than Shwe, in...
BurmaUNITED NATIONS: Appeal for food clearing system
The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) yesterday warned that commodity price spikes --...
United NationsLATIN AMERICA: UN reports cocaine supply reduction
The UN World Drug Report published on June 24 points to an 8% fall in cocaine production in Latin...
RUSSIA/UN: Veto brings UN Georgia mission to an end
Moscow yesterday vetoed a resolution in the UN Security Council that would have temporarily...
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