UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Damilola Banjo
- • November 16, 2022
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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
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 6, 2015
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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
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 10, 2013
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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…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Refugees, Security Council