Afghanistan (Apr 20) – The United Nations, through its humanitarian wing, has sent emergency aid to northern Afghanistan where a magnitude 5.3 earthquake has reportedly injured dozens and killed at…
Yesterday twin suicide bombings occurred at a United Nations registration point for Pakistani’s displaced during the current offensive against the Taliban.…
The task of providing accurate reports of the day’s events has become an increasingly dangerous endeavor. The United Nations is reporting today; five journalists in Honduras alone have been murdered.…
Representative Norah Niland of the UN high Commissioner for Human Rights in Afghanistan remarked today that, “Poverty actually kills more Afghans than those who die as a direct result of…
United Officials gathered yesterday to consolidate peace and develop methods to thwart weapons trafficking in Central African nations. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro stated in remarks to the Security Council, “Central Africa…
Six aid workers with World Vision International were killed in a deadly attack on its office in Mansehra district of Pakistan. The aid workers were assisting survivors related to the…
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today encouraged all Nigerians to continue supporting Acting President Goodluck Jonathan – who was chosen to lead the country while President Umaru Yar’Adua recovers from illness –…
The United Nations human rights office in Nepal today expressed its deep concern over the killing of the head of a media group, the latest in a string of murders…