Vol 55 No 25 | SUDANUNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNION Rape row 19th December 2014 A diplomatic row has erupted over the failure of the United Nations and African Union to investigate reports that Sudanese troops and allied militia raped some 200 women...
Vol 55 No 24 | NORWAYSWEDENFINLANDDENMARKUNITED NATIONS 'No money back' row 5th December 2014 Nordic development aid donors are in dispute with the United Nations over an attempt to get their grants back once corruption has been discovered in UN projects. Denmark,...
Vol 55 No 19 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONS The fire this century 25th September 2014 Demonstrations, rhetoric and technological innovation in Africa all help but the political will is missing in negotiations for a new climate treaty At least it started well. Three days before the world's leaders gathered on 23 September at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to debate the urgent measures...
Vol 54 No 21 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONS Security crises threaten economic success 11th October 2013 A new model for intervention forces emerges in Congo-Kinshasa, as financial pressures mount on other UN operations A team of ambassadors from the United Nations Security Council flew from New York to Congo-Kinshasa, just as the season of UN General Assembly debates and high-level meetings...
Vol 54 No 16 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANUNITED NATIONS Mission impossible 30th July 2013 The UN Security Council renews its peacekeepers’ mandate in Darfur but UN operations in Sudan have failed to protect civilians or prevent war The worsening political crises in Juba and Khartoum are fuelling hostilities between the two capitals. When South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit sacked his cabinet on 23 July,...
Vol 53 No 14 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASAUNITED NATIONS Rebels aim for Kivu secession 6th July 2012 Rwanda not only supports the M23 rebellion, it may be helping create a new state on its border with Congo After a protracted delay and much discussion, at the end of June the United Nations finally published its investigation into Rwandan involvement in the rebellion in eastern Congo-Kinshasa...
Vol 53 No 8 | SUDANUNITED NATIONS UN clash over Beijing bullets claim 13th April 2012 UN experts’ reports differ over Darfur arms violations A seismic diplomatic row is rumbling at United Nations headquarters in New York over the circulation of a damning report by former UN experts pointing to the supply...
Vol 52 No 23 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONS Nigeria and South Africa stand up 18th November 2011 This year, for the first time, Africa’s two heavyweights, Nigeria and South Africa, were on the United Nations Security Council and both wanted to make their mark. The...
Vol 50 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASAUNITED NATIONS The Experts win support 4th December 2009 Resisting pressure to overlook those breaking the arms embargo, the UNSC’s reaction to a hard-hitting investigation is suprisingly robust The United Nations Security Council has resisted heavy pressure to reject the hard-hitting UN Panel of Experts' Report(i) on violations, by African and Western states, of the embargo...
Vol 49 No 23 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONS Changes ahead for UN forces 14th November 2008 Africa's crises may prompt radical reform of the mandates and structures of peacekeeping operations United Nations' peacekeeping faces its biggest crisis since it started some 60 years ago in Palestine. This month, over a million lives are at risk in Congo-Kinshasa as...