United Nations

  • Nov 27, 2008
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: New leadership may boost UNAIDS role

A new executive director for UNAIDS is expected to be named imminently. UNAIDS over the past...

International
  • Nov 27, 2008
  • 7 min read

PROSPECTS 2009: International disunity hurts Balkans

Kosovo's unsettled status continues to present a challenge to regional stability.

Balkans
  • Nov 20, 2008
  • 2 min read

KOSOVO/EU: Nationalists frustrate UN policing plan

The EU will continue to prepare to deploy its EULEX law-and-order mission to Kosovo despite lack...

Kosovo
  • Nov 19, 2008
  • 5 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Global fiscal policy remains tenuous

Growing global governance needs, especially relating to financial sector regulation and the...

International
  • Nov 18, 2008
  • 2 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: New military leader faces huge task

President Joseph Kabila yesterday sacked the chief of staff of the Congolese armed forces...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Nov 3, 2008
  • 6 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Insecurity overwhelms peacekeepers

Senior French, UK and US diplomats visited the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda over the...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Oct 30, 2008
  • 2 min read

IRAQ/US/SYRIA: Raid complicates negotiations

The Iraqi government yesterday added to its list of desired changes to the draft Status of Forces...

Iraq
  • Oct 28, 2008
  • 2 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Peacekeeping force commander resigns

Lieutenant General Vicente Diaz, the Spanish commander of the 17,000-strong UN peacekeeping force...

Congo-Kinshasa