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UN appoints Jack Lang as new Somalia piracy adviser (26.08.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
The former French minister Jack Lang is to become the United Nations' special adviser on piracy, it has emerged. Mr Lang, 70, a former professor of international law, will advise on ways of prosecuting pirates captured off Somalia.
UN mission in DR Congo reviews activities following mass rapes (25.08.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The head of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) says the mission is reviewing its activities in the eastern part of the country following mass rapes by armed groups.
U.N. knew of rebels in area of Congo rapes (25.08.2010)
(Quelle: New York Times)
The United Nations knew Rwandan rebels were occupying villages in eastern Congo at the time the rebels raped nearly 200 women there, United Nations and aid officers said Wednesday, raising questions about why peacekeepers failed to move to protect villagers.
South Sudan plans mass return ahead of referendum (24.08.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
South Sudan is preparing to repatriate some 1.5 million southerners from the north and Egypt, ahead of a referendum due next January on whether the south should secede.
40 killed in worsening Mogadishu clashes (24.08.2010)
(Quelle: allAfrica)
At least 40 people civilians have been killed and 150 others injured in heavy shelling and gun fire exchanged between Somali government troops and rebel fighters in Somalia's capital Mogadishu since Tuesday, Radio Garowe reports.
UN voices outrage at mass rape by rebels in eastern DR Congo (24.08.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
The United Nations is dispatching a senior staff member to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as senior officials express outrage at the recent rape and assault of more than 150 civilians by rebels based in the remote and troubled east of the country.
Lack of funds may force UN agency to cut food aid in Central African Republic (24.08.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that it may have to cut its feeding programme in the Central African Republic (CAR), where tens of thousands risk becoming malnourished unless new funding is secured.
Sudan endorses $1.9 billion plan for Darfur development (23.08.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
Sudanese government will implement development and recovery projects in the restive region of Darfur at a total cost of $1.9 billion, finance minister announced today.
More AU troops arrive to boost Somalia peace force (23.08.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Hundreds of mainly Ugandan troops have arrived in Mogadishu to strengthen an African Union peacekeeping force helping Somalia's government battle Islamist insurgents, an AU official said on Monday.
Somali militants step up campaign against WFP (22.08.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Hardline militants in Somalia have intensified their campaign to stop humanitarian supplies being distributed by the World Food Program (WFP) by issuing tough warnings against people who work with the aid agency, officials said.