http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31376&Cr=iaea&Cr1= Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations nuclear agency is using its expertise to help archaeologists unearth millennia-old secrets, from the supposed murder of King Tutankhamun to the mysterious death of Great Pharaoh Ramesses II, from Egyptian mummies. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31367&Cr=Central+African&Cr1=International+Criminal Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST The International Criminal Court (ICC) today launches a series of radio programmes in the Central African Republic (CAR) as part of an outreach campaign aimed at informing the country's population about the court's mandate and activities. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31347&Cr=west+africa&Cr1= Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST While West Africa has witnessed some positive trends recently, including the holding of peaceful elections, progress in the region remains fragile and faces a number of threats, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a report published today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31349&Cr=ecowas&Cr1= Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement reached by the Gambia and Ghana to end tensions that emerged after the deaths and disappearances of Ghanaian nationals on Gambian territory in 2005. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31355&Cr=&Cr1= Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST A former Rwandan investigator for the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings that engulfed the small African nation in 1994 was found guilty today by the same court of leaking protected information. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31353&Cr=niger&Cr1= Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern about Niger's continuing political and constitutional crisis, warning that it threatens to destabilize the country and undermine recent progress towards democratic governance and the rule of law. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31357&Cr=economic+commission+for+africa&Cr1= Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST With knowledge being an essential element in Africa's development process, a United Nations librarian has called on African governments to help narrow the digital divide. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31359&Cr=darfur&Cr1= Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST Female internally displaced persons (IDPs) will again be able to learn job skills, take literacy classes and receive awareness programmes on reproductive health after the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) helped reactivate women's centres at an IDP camp in the Sudanese region. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31328&Cr=food+crisis&Cr1= Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST As more than 300 million Africans - or about one third of the continent's population - face chronic hunger, donors must honour their pledges to help boost agriculture, which is the key to ensuring food security, top United Nations officials say. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31333&Cr=ICTR&Cr1=Rwanda Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations tribunal set up to try those responsible for the worst crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 has announced that it has transferred nine prisoners to Benin to serve the remainder of their jail sentences.