By Gregory Simpkins For the past several years, African governments and their non-African supporters have lamented the continuing exclusion of African governments from seats on international...
Lawyers for the Haiti cholera victims, in a lawsuit against the United Nations have revealed that the organizations’ Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been served with...
Through investments in African agriculture, the continent has the potential to feed not only itself but the world. According to the World Bank, agriculture is essential...
Victims of Haiti’s deadly post-earthquake cholera epidemic filed a new lawsuit Tuesday against the United Nations in US federal court, demanding compensation over the organization’s alleged...
Since US President Barack Obama announced “Power Africa” last summer, things seemed to have moved painfully slowly. But that doesn’t mean they’re not moving. “A lot...
In their report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said that foreign direct investment (FDI) to the Caribbean reached a new high last year....
A United Nations envoy warned Wednesday that cholera deaths in Haiti will surge and spread to other countries unless more funds are found to battle the...
(AFP) – The UN Security Council on Thursday voted to reduce the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti which is battling a mounting controversy over a cholera...
(Reuters) – Human rights lawyers representing Haitian victims of a cholera epidemic announced on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit against the United Nations, with a...
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses The UN General Assembly, September 21, 2011. PHOTO/Spencer Platt/Getty Images Seeking to build on diplomatic opportunities, U.S. President Barack Obama is...
Human rights groups in Haiti are demanding the United Nations be held more accountable after a Canadian police officer who was suspected of sexually assaulting a...
The United Nations on Thursday formally rejected a multibillion-dollar damages claim for a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has been widely blamed on U.N. peacekeepers. About...
Reviewed by Nahal Toosi After 2 1/2 years in Haiti, Jonathan Katz was preparing to leave the impoverished but intriguing nation in January 2010. His next...
Haiti, a member of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has been re-building since the earthquake struck on 12 January 2010.
Justin Podur issues a powerful challenge and wake-up call to the international NGO and development community. (PR Newswire) – Haiti is again living under a dictatorship,...
By Mark Weisbrot Time to Clean Up One of the UN’s Biggest Crimes The people of Haiti have had a long and arduous struggle just to...
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday threatening non-military sanctions against Sudan and South Sudan if they don’t halt escalating violence on their border...
(Reuters) – Two UN peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy after being convicted in a...
The United Nations Security Council on Monday slapped additional sanctions on Eritrea for allegedly providing support to armed groups (including the al-Shabaab group) seeking to destabilize...
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has a new member — South Sudan. The African nation, which gained independence Saturday, became the U.N.’s 193rd member by...
UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council has extended the mandate of the 19,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo for a year, saying any force reduction should...
