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15 Aug 2010Nelson Mandela speaking at the UN General Assembly in 1994, shortly after his historic election as president of South Africa in the country’s first democratic and multiracial election.Photograph: UN...
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Building a state for the Congolese people
Riot police guard Supreme Court in Kinshasa: The DRC’s court system is in need of serious reform....
Saving Africa’s forests, the ‘lungs of the world’
Agent of the World Wildlife Fund monitors commercial logging operations in Gabon to ensure...
Linking disarmament with justice
UN peacekeepers disarm militia fighters in the Congo’s Ituri region: Communities welcome peace,...
Congolese media defend democracy
Reading newspapers in Kinshasa: Media groups are striving to improve their quality and...
Improving reintegration of former combatants
Through its peacekeeping operations, the UN has helped disarm and return to civilian life some 400...
‘Indigenous’ people fight for inclusion
Maasai women in Kenya at a rally to protest their political marginalization and the sale of their...
Pledging peace at Great Lakes summit
Three leaders sign pact at Great Lakes summit. From left: Rwandan Prime Minister Bernard Makuza,...
Congolese women confront legacy of rape
“If there had been peace, this would not have happened to us,” says Kasoke Kabunga. Like thousands...
Tough UN line on peacekeeper abuses
Action initiated to end sexual misdeeds in peacekeeping missions
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