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On April 15 heads of Moroccans political parties held a meeting to discuss the groundbreaking draft resolution for human rights in Western Sahara. The meeting was devoted to the latest developments regarding the National Question in the United Nations, and … read more »
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Sahara, Spanish Empire, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, United States, Western Sahara
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Why has there been no serious UN investigation into this crime? Nineteen years ago today the Falcon 50 Jet carrying two heads of state in Central Africa was shot down by a surface to air missile. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Burundi, Indepth Africa Magazine, Juvénal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, United Nations
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Islamist militants have launched an attack on Timbuktu in northern Mali, penetrating the city center. French forces have deployed to help the Malian military repel the Islamist fighters. Malian troops evacuated the regional governor and two foreign journalists from Hotel … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Ban Ki-moon, French Armed Forces, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Military of Mali, Reuters, Timbuktu
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Source: UN News Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia as the new Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), it was announced today. With about 1,200 staff at United Nations Headquarters in New York and 2,200 … read more »
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Major General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam of Ethiopia as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Major General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam is … read more »
By Keffyalew Gebremedhin There are many of us who strongly believe that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been a major politico-economic initiative of the post-Cold War world. With the launch in September 2000 of UN-MDG by the UN General … read more »
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BATTLES between the army and a militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have killed dozens, while thousands have sought refuge at a UN base. Up to 4000 people are at the peacekeeping base at Kitchanga in North Kivu province … read more »
By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) – In a special report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toned down criticism of Rwanda over accusations that it supports rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but still warned against … read more »
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Reuters, Rwanda, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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At least eight people have been killed in the first clashes between rival factions of the M23 rebel group in DR Congo, sources have told the BBC. The violence was linked to a power-struggle between M23 political leader Jean-Marie Runiga … read more »
By Leonerd Wanyama The Council on Foreign Relations’ (CFR) recently posted on its website a Contingency Planning Memorandum on Electoral Violence in Kenya. The document seems to have gained traction as an unofficial country risk analysis, with its identification of … read more »
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, Barkan, East Africa, elctions in kenya, IEBC, Irwin Cox, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan elections 2013, United States
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Regional African leaders have signed a U.N.-mediated agreement aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The leaders signed the deal Sunday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. U.N. Secretary-General Ban … read more »
(BNA) – The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Abu Dhabi on Sunday on a short official visit to the UAE, the first leg of a tour that includes also Ethiopia, Austria and Switzerland, UN Spokesperson Martin Nesirky announced. … read more »
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By Kris Berwouts Congo is on hold After M23 left Goma in early December, the military situation around the town stagnated. Apart from some repositioning in the hills around North Kivu’s biggest town, the situation has remained calm. People have … read more »
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Tagged African Union, Ban Ki-moon, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, North Kivu, United Nations Secretary General
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Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – The birthday party didn’t go according to plan. It was billed as a summit to celebrate 50 years of the African Union and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity, and to promote an African Renaissance … read more »
Posted in African Union (AU), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria
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Tagged African Union, Ban Ki-moon, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mali, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Rwanda, South Africa, Southern African Development Community, United Nations
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Reuters – The Security Council should consider lifting an arms embargo on Somalia to help rebuild the country’s security forces and consolidate military gains against al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon suggested in a report Friday. The council … read more »
Ethiopian PM Elected New AU Chairperson Desalegn Urges Assisting Sudan, S. Sudan in Creating Two Viable States Addis Ababa – The African Union summit elected the Ethiopian Premier Hailemariam Desalegn as Chairperson of the African Union to succeed his predecessor, … read more »
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As the Central African Republic is rolling into unrest with rebel forces advancing on its capital, Africa expert Lawrence Freeman says that the West has abandoned the continent and is interested only in its resources. The United Nations said … read more »
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By Eric Reeves, On December 21, 2012—in a deeply tragic accident—military forces of South Sudan shot down a UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) MI-8 helicopter with four Russian pilots aboard. The incident occurred in Jonglei state, in a region … read more »
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Jonglei, Juba, South Sudan, SPLA, Sudan, UN helicopter, United Nation, Unmiss
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The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led intervention force to help Mali’s army reconquer much of the country from Islamist militants. The 15-member council gave the force an initial one year mandate to use “all necessary … read more »
France and African countries are eager to receive soon the green light from the UN for of an international internvention force in northern Mali that is under total control of Islamist insurgents. However, this urgent call is facing skepticism from Washington, … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Mali, Said Temsamani, West Africa
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Tagged Bamako, Ban Ki-moon, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, United States
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YOU probably haven’t given much thought to the problems in Mali, but UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has, and his advice on military intervention in the West African country could be summed up in two words: forget it. Although, being a … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Ban Ki-moon, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, United States, West Africa
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Mark Leon Goldberg Ed note. This is a special guest post by Michael Boyce of Refugees International The Islamist insurgency taking place in northern Mali is one of the main drivers of recent displacement in that country. So far, roughly 400,000 … read more »
For the last several months Rwandans, Congolese, Africans and the international community have watched as the predictable drama from Paul Kagame‘s regime plays out once again in the Kivu region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. With the birth of … read more »
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, United Nations, United States
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By: Said Temsamani October 30, 2012 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s Western Sahara envoy Christopher Ross, spurned by Morocco in May, began a visit to the kingdom early on Saturday, the Moroccan foreign ministry said. Details of the visit were … read more »
Stronger efforts needed to achieve anti-poverty goals, Zambia and Ghana leaders tell UN The international community must boost its efforts to help African countries achieve the anti-poverty targets know as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before their deadline in 2015, … read more »
In response to the Innocence of Muslims global controversy, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for recognizing “Islamophobia as a crime against humanity” and “international legal regulations against attacks on what people deem sacred.” In the statement’s wake, the number … read more »
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Chairperson-Elect in New York To Participate in a Series of Meetings and Activities on the Margins of the 67th UN General Assembly Monday, September 24, 2012 12:20 AMNEW YORK, September 24, … read more »
Tehran will today host a summit of Iran-friendly foreign ministers in an attempt to wrest the international focus away from calls for Bashar al-Assad to step down. Iran accuses Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of arming the opposition in Syria, … read more »
Part I Pyotr ISKENDEROV The major objective of the European structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a lot more complicated than strengthening the self-proclaimed statehood in Kosovo. There is an attempt to make three peoples: the Muslims, the Serbs and … read more »
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Tagged Balkan, Ban Ki-moon, European Union, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, Kosovo, Serb, Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, United Nations
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Pyotr ISKENDEROV The UN Secretary General Ban Ki- Pitch Master Pro – Ear Training Software moon started an unprecedented Balkans tour on July 20 coming straight from China. In a week – till July 26 – he’s to visit Slovenia, … read more »
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Tagged Balkan, Ban Ki-moon, European Union, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, Kosovo, Serb, Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, United Nations
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