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The UN Ignores Repeated Calls to Investigate Killings in Nigeria’s Kaduna State

Damilola Banjo
• November 16, 2022

LAGOS — The United Nations is ignoring repeated calls for help in resolving a resource war between largely Christian farmers and mainly Muslim herders in Kaduna, a state in northwest Nigeria. The conflict has been smoldering since 2011 and…

Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Human Rights

France and the UN Pressured to Act on Troops’ Sex Abuse in Central Africa

Dulcie Leimbach
• June 6, 2015

The uproar over accusations that French soldiers assigned to peacekeeping had sexually abused about a dozen boys in the Central African Republic from late 2013 through mid-2014 has shifted focus from the apparent behavior of the soldiers to the…

Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, UN Agencies

Western Sahara: A Chance for Change or to Stay Stuck in Time

Dulcie Leimbach
• April 10, 2013

The saga of Western Sahara, a disputed territory that has been stuck in limbo in North Africa for decades, will receive its annual nod this month by the United Nations Security Council, but this time actual changes may be…