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Thousands of Somalis are fleeing fighting as African Union forces advance on Afgoye, an Islamist stronghold near the capital, Mogadishu.

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Almost half of Yemen's population does not have enough food to eat and world powers are unwilling to help because of the unstable political situation, seven aid agencies said on Wednesday. Gå til kilden

Over the past decades, billions of dollars have been invested in the DRC's power sector. They have created a stark energy divide: 85 percent of the country's electricity is consumed by energy-intensive industries, while 94 percent of the population has no access to electricity Gå til kilden

Regime forces launched a fierce assault on the rebel bastion of Rastan in central Syria on Wednesday, raining shells on the town before launching a ground attack, monitors and activists said Gå til kilden

Syrian police killed two people on Tuesday when they opened fire on a crowd who came out to welcome United Nations observers in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, a rebel official said Gå til kilden

The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Tuesday he expected to sign a deal with Iran soon to ease investigation into suspected work on atom bombs, potentially brightening prospects for big-power talks with Tehran to stop a drift towards conflict.

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Britain has awarded tenders for the design of new Vanguard class nuclear submarines as part of a 25 billion pound upgrade of Britain's nuclear defence.

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Monday's attack on Mali's president Diancounda Traore by angry protestors puts the post-coup transition in the west African country in danger, warned a UN Security Council delegation. Gå til kilden

Heavily dependent on foreign aid and with virtually no regulation or accountability, Kinshasa’s justice system is dysfunctional and ill-equipped to deal with a rising tide of sex missionaries. In a city with exceeding levels of unemployment and few opportunities, the impoverished are sexually exploited by do-gooder men because they need money to survive. Victims do not have access to courts and the police, as they are under resourced and the enforcement agents themselves are often complicit in the abuse.

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The head of the UN nuclear agency arrived Monday in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes by the watchdog on whether Iran has secretly worked on an atomic weapon.

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UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has started a week-long visit to Zimbabwe - the first such trip since a violent and disputed election in 2008.

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The UN Security Council has decided to impose sanctions on three companies of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) following its failed rocket launch last month, Susan Rice, the U.S. permanent representative to the UN, announced here Wednesday.
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Experts believe that the upcoming United Nations Earth Summit, Rio+ 20, scheduled to take place in Brazil from Jun.20-22, could be a real opportunity for Bangladesh to negotiate a road to sustainable development.The conference on sustainable development, which depends largely on states coming to a consensus on an effective transition to a green economy, requires significant investment in renewable energy, the efficient use of natural resources, research and innovative technologies Gå til kilden

Handeni Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that Dr Reginald Mengi, non-executive Chairman of Handeni Gold was recently honoured by the United Nations (UN) with two major awards: the United Nations NGO Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2010 Global Leadership and Humanitarian Award.
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The upcoming NATO summit in Chicago will discuss the issue of security in Afghanistan for 2014 and beyond, with an increased U.N. presence in Afghanistan being expected after a NATO pullout, a senior U.N. official told Xinhua. Gå til kilden

Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in Sudan Gå til kilden

frican Union mediator Thabo Mbeki has said Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is committed to security agreements with the South. Gå til kilden

At its summit in Chicago this weekend, Nato is set to announce its new ballistic missile defence system has reached what it calls "interim operational capability". Gå til kilden

UN under-secretary-general ( USG) for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos, will visit Burkina Faso and Senegal on May 20-24 to assess the food crisis in the Sahel situation, according to a UN press release here Saturday. Gå til kilden

- The head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr Yukiya Amano, is to fly to Tehran today amid signs of a potentially significant breakthrough, only days before Iran resumes negotiations with world powers over the future of its nuclear programme.

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West African ministers met Saturday to try to resolve the crisis gripping Mali and speed up the return to constitutional rule in Guinea-Bissau, both struggling to recover from recent military coups. Gå til kilden

British soldiers are on full alert as a bloody Taliban backlash is predicted, Jonathan Owen reports. Nato powers meet in Chicago to review policy Gå til kilden

Visiting UN under-secretary- general for peacekeeping said in Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday that the observers' mission to Syria is reaching complete deployment of unarmed military monitors. Gå til kilden

Often in politics it comes down to one man. In Syria, it is Bashar al-Assad Gå til kilden

The dispute is over the relationship between the General Assembly, which represents all 193 UN member states, and the Security Council, the 15-member body that bears legal responsibility for managing threats to international peace and security Gå til kilden

The UN nuclear agency chief will visit Tehran tomorrow to sign a deal allowing his organisation to resume probing Iran's disputed nuclear programme. Gå til kilden

The UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to impose sanctions on the leaders of last month's military coup in Guinea-Bissau and key supporters, demanding they reinstate the legitimate democratic government immediately. Gå til kilden

Taken as a whole, the world's population today is healthier, wealthier, and better educated than ever before. Yet, despite incredible progress, disconcerting realities stubbornly persist. Gå til kilden

The UN World Food Programme launched the distribution of cash vouchers for the purchase of food in Senegal's Ziguinchor region, for people hit by poor harvests and high food prices. Gå til kilden

A record number of African migrants fled to Yemen this year, with 43,000 people having reached the Middle Eastern country in only four months, the United Nations refugee agency said today, adding that it is concerned with the rise in insecurity and trafficking in the region. Gå til kilden