Political Impasse Continues in
Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire remains divided between the north and the
south
despite several attempts to reunite the country.
But why does a political solution seem illusive?"A
lack of political will and a lack of confidence. It is not
so many years ago that there was civil war and a rebellion
and with many deaths. So, of course, the scars are still
there."The
head of the UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire, Pierre Schori,
says there is
hope that the political impasse can be broken when President
Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro meet
in Burkina Faso in the near future.
More People Die As They Cross
the Gulf of Aden to Yemen
Thirty people died on Monday when the boat smuggling them
capsized as it approached 
the
Yemeni coast. The spokesperson for the United Nations refugee
agency, Jennifer Pagonis, says even more people are expected
to try to cross the Gulf of Aden desperate to escape conflict
or to find a better life in Yemen. "Thousands
of Somalis and Ethiopians are waiting in Bosaso in Somalia
to make the crossing across the Gulf of Aden. Some estimate
the numbers to be more than 9,000 people."
Nigerian Authorities Fight Trafficking
in People
Trafficking in people is
a serious problem in Nigeria. However, Shadrack Haruna,
a prosecutor from the Nigerian National Agency for the Prohibition
of Traffic in Persons, says the government is taking measures
to tackle the problem.
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UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon Briefs Security Council on Trip to Africa
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has briefed the Security
Council on his first mission to Africa.
The crises in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Somalia
dominated his briefing of the press following his meeting
with members of the Security Council."I
think it was a very useful and necessary trip for me, as
I place African challenges on the top of my agenda."
The Secretary-General said that he and members of the Security
Council discussed the situation in the Darfur region of
Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and
Cote d'Ivoire. On Darfur, he recalled that the United Nations
has been discussing with Sudanese officials a plan to deploy
a hybrid United Nations/ African Union force to protect
thousands of people who have been displaced by militias.
Thomas Lubango Dyilo is to Stand
Trial for War Crimes in DR Congo
Preparations are under way for the trial of Thomas Lubanga
Dyilo at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
He is accused of recruiting and using children as soldiers
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UN Radio's Walter
Mulondi talks about the man whom he met and interviewed
in the Congo.
UN-HABITAT Chief Anna Tibaijuka
Says Housing Is Key to Fighting Poverty
The head of UN-HABITAT says
that the Millennium Development Goals 
of
improving the lives of poor
people in urban areas cannot be met without addressing
their housing needs. She was commenting on the UN Secretary-General's
decision to make his first stop in Kenya at the Kibera slum
in Nairobi.
"If people have nowhere to sleep, then all this
talk about girl's education and health is just a joke. Even
if you vaccinated children there they will still die from
water borne diseases for lack of toilets."
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