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webmaster@usip.org, United States Institute of Peace
The situation in the Niger Delta continues to be dire. Oil bunkering, rebel militias, kidnapping, inter-ethnic strife, widespread corruption, ineffective use of oil income, underdevelopment, and anger at oil companies all contribute to feelings of hopelessness on the part of the Niger Delta population. While the Nigerian Federal Government has promised...
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May 02, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Peace and Security
The senior United Nations official in Sudan has offered his condolences to the Government of Southern Sudan after learning of the death today of one of its ministers and other military officials in a plane crash....
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May 02, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Peace and Security
The United Nations peacekeeping chief travels today to the Balkans for a fact-finding mission on Kosovo, which earlier this year declared its independence from Serbia....
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May 02, 2008
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An inter-agency United Nations fact-finding mission heads to the Maldives on Sunday for a six-day visit to determine whether the world body should provide assistance to forthcoming elections in the Indian Ocean island chain....
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May 02, 2008
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The Security Council today stressed the need for the upcoming referendum and elections in Myanmar to include the full participation of all political actors and respect for fundamental political freedoms....
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May 02, 2008
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The United Nations has handed over a newly-refurbished Ministry of Internal Affairs building to the Liberian Government, calling the hand-over a crucial step in the country's post-war recovery....
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May 02, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Peace and Security
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its sadness at the killing of a senior aid worker in eastern Chad and warned that humanitarian staff operating in the region must endure an increasingly insecure environment in which to carry out their work....
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May 02, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Peace and Security
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today in London with senior officials who will take part in tomorrow's meeting of the Middle East diplomatic Quartet - comprising the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States - being held as part of efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
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May 01, 2008
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Recalling its prior condemnation of Eritrea's hindrances, the Security Council said the country's ongoing obstruction of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has dealt a blow to the blue helmets' mandate....
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May 01, 2008
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The head of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, known as UNAMID, said today that he is just as anxious as people on the ground are for progress....
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Apr 30, 2008
