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...
Vol 49 No 20 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONS Financial and political chaos 3rd October 2008 As equities and corporate fortunes plummeted outside, diplomats discussed aid pledges and peackeeping After a year of the worsening credit crisis, the cost of external finance for African and other states has risen and the availability of credit is shrinking. That...
Vol 49 No 20 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONS The Millennium stops here 3rd October 2008 The Millennium Goals remain elusive and controversial After five days of grand summitry in New York last week, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was able to announce that US$16 billion had been raised in...
Vol 48 No 20 | UNITED NATIONS Debuts on First Avenue 5th October 2007 A new guard at the UN takes over but Africa’s concerns remain peacekeeping, fairer trade and development funding This year's opening of the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September looked at times like a diplomatic apprenticeship. Freshly-installed Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was pitted against new...
Vol 48 No 20 | UNITED NATIONS Ban Ki-moon's people 5th October 2007 From the start of his tenure on 1 January, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was determined to make radical changes, install his own people and stamp his...