Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
WNN Breaking (WNN) United Nations, Kigali, REPUBLIC OF RWANDA, EASTERN AFRICA: With the goal of ‘restoring trust’ to encourage stability and peace in the regions surrounding the DRC – Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights advocate and former head of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva Mary Robinson has been sent to Rwanda [...]
Deborah Mazon – WNN Breaking (WNN) Washington, D.C., UNITED STATES: The United States is providing over $81 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support humanitarian needs as the lean season begins in the drought affected Sahel region of West Africa. With this additional contribution, the U.S. government is reaching more than three million vulnerable people. [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN/UN) New York, U.S., UNITED NATIONS: A top United Nations official has expressed disappointment after new reports of child recruitment by armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) that had previously made commitments to stop this practice. According to the office of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Leila Zerrougui Armed [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN/IRIN) Niamey, NIGER, AFRICA: Around 800 Nigerien families have been relocated from areas along the River Niger as water levels during annual flooding are expected to rise above normal and last until February. The river is predicted to rise 540-565cm, which while not as high as recorded during the August 2012 flooding when [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) Bamako, MALI, AFRICA: As the region surrounding the northern borders of Mali suffer continued destabilization, the United Nations Security Council is calling for “swift action” with an integrated approach that will promote peace to stop the continuing deterioration in the region. According to the UN, over 203,845 people have been displaced in the [...]
