I found evidence of a recent bombing campaign, perpetrated by central government of Sudan against the south, just weeks before a scheduled vote on southern independence.
"...Ivorians are going to Liberia amid political tensions, and, as of this weekend, there are an estimated 3,500 people are there, with approximately 150 more arriving per day."
The UN High Commission on Refugees was created 60 years ago today to care for European refugees after World War Two. Today, it looks after 43 million people around the world.
The first leaked cable from the American Mission at the United Nations provides some insights into how the United States works with its European allies at the UN.
With Richard Holbrooke's passing, there's a great deal of discussion about the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnian and Herzegovina, better known as the Dayton Accords. Given the fact that the peace has held for over 15 years, most people don't realize the Accords had major flaws built into it.
Tomorrow UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors Ronaldo and Zidane will be featured in the 8th annual Match Against Poverty, the proceeds of which will go to support the people of Haiti and Pakistan.
Despite a cholera epidemic, 1.3 million homeless, and a volatile political situation, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will resume deporting Haitians in January.
Evgeny Morozov says we should think of hactivists who launch denial of service attacks as practicing a form of civil disobedience. It seems to me that the fundamental difference between a "sit in" and a DDoS attack is the latter is a kind of censorship.