DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 6 | TRADEAFRICAUNITED NATIONS Recovery will need better trade terms and debt relief deals 19th March 2021 The UN's latest report strikes a more positive note if commodity prices hold up and there is more flexibility on debt This year's rebound in commodity prices and the fact that Africa's public health systems have experienced far less pressure from the pandemic than initially feared are two glimmers... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 17 | UNITED NATIONSCOVID-19 Governments reject UN report slamming rights abuses during pandemic 14th August 2020 Diplomatic spat as outraged African officials hold up publication in bid to amend its findings As Winnie Byanyima celebrates her first anniversary as Executive Director of UNAIDS, storm clouds circle her campaigning style. For her supporters, she has brought a breath of fres...
Vol 61 No 7 | UNITED NATIONSCOVID-19 Tunisia pushes for peace 2nd April 2020 A third attempt to get the UN Security Council to declare the coronavirus pandemic a 'threat to humanity and international peace and security' and coordinate the necessary emergenc...
Vol 56 No 20 | UNITED NATIONS Piling on the goals 8th October 2015 Amid the back slapping, the big summit in New York may change the balance of power in the aid industry Legend has it that in 2001, a handful of officials in the basement of the United Nations Headquarters in New York hatched the Millennium Development Goals. They have focused the mi...
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 and childr...
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, Finland, ...
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 needed to stop...
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 was e...
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 ...
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-K...
