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U.N. wants Africa's Kony hunters fully equipped by year-end
Africa   Civilians   Photos   Resistance   Wikipedia: Civilian control of the military		  Reuters 
U.N. wants Africa's Kony hunters fully equipped by year-end
Wed 27 Jun 2012
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations wants an African Union force hunting fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be fully equipped by December, according to a... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
A soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks on as an earth mover clears ground for a mortar team, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al Shabaab insurgent group, 22 May, 2012.
Peace   Photos   Somalia   UN   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War		  The Guardian 
Al-Shabaab pushed back in Somalia by African peace enforcers
Fri 15 Jun 2012
Soldiers from the UN-backed Amisom force are edging towards the Islamist militants' stronghold of Kismayo GUERR (55) 2012-06-15 07:53:18,358 Troops from the Amisom peacekeeping force in a camp for... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
File - A Burundian soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) mans a frontline positions in territory recently captured from insurgents, in Deynile District, in the northern fringes of Somali capital Mogadishu, 18 November, 2011.  BBC News  Mon 11 Jun 2012
Can Somalia's cheap peacekeeping defeat al-Shabab?
The Islamist group al-Shabab, that controls large parts of central and southern Somalia, has recently suffered significant defeats at the hands of Amisom, the African Union force that has been... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
Peace   Photos   Somalia   UN   Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab
Economic growth stirs hope in Africa  The Independent  Sun 10 Jun 2012
Economic growth stirs hope in Africa
Africa will have the world's fastest-growing economy during the next five years of any continent, according to the International Monetary Fund. Its forecasts also show that seven of the world's 10... (photo: UN / UN)
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UN Agency Assists Civilians Fleeing Violence in Dr Congo Scoop Sat 9 Jun 2012
UN Agency Assists Civilians Fleeing Violence in Dr Congo
Saturday, 9 June 2012, 4:04 pm Press Release: United Nations More Funding Crucial as UN Agency Assists Civilians Fleeing Violence in Dr Congo New York, Jun 8 2012 11:10AM... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Civilians   Congo   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Republic of the Congo
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon waves during a visit to the construction site of a housing project in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2012. Protesters threw shoes, sand and small stones at the convoy of UN chief Ban Ki-moon as he entered the Gaza Strip for a visit.Phoot by Ahmed Deeb/WN Independent online (SA) Wed 6 Jun 2012
UN: Kony is still abducting children
New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has submitted his first report to the Security Council detailing grave crimes committed against children by... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Children   Photos   UN   Uganda   Wikipedia: Ban Ki-moon
File - A Somali refugee, inside his tent, in Malkadiida, Ethiopia, 25 August, 2011. With drought and famine ravaging their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence in refugee camps across the border. The Boston Globe Fri 1 Jun 2012
UN report predicts increase in world's displaced
UNITED NATIONS-The number of people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Aid   Photos   Refugees   UN   Wikipedia: Refugee
Un enfant a Child Togo and AFrica Joy Online Wed 30 May 2012
African adoption should be discouraged 'at all costs,' group says
Nyla was just two or three days old, no one really knows for sure, when she was found abandoned in the middle of a field in Rwanda. She was "black and blue," says her... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Africa   Kids   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Adoption
Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia… Joy Online Mon 21 May 2012
Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia…
The 20th century saw many conflicts in Africa, breaking out along ethnic divisions. For instance, according to an African researcher Abdalla Bujra, it took only the Ibos... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Ivory   Kenya   Nigeria   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: African Union


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Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk through a thicket ahead of heavy rain in an area northwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, 23 May, 2012. UN chief warns of 'power vacuum' in Somalia Al Jazeera
SUDAN, Abyei: A photograph provided by the United NAtions Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) shows armoured personnel carriers manned by Zambian soldiers serving with the international peacekeeping force patrolling the streets of Abyei town following an attack by the northern Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) over the weekend. The fighting and subsequent seizure of the town in the centre of an area claimed by both North and South Sudan ahead of the South's Independence on 9 July, has displaced at least 20,000 people according to an UNMIS spokesperson. UNMIS PHOTO / Stuart Price. Sudan to keep police in disputed Abyei region Al Jazeera
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