International Criminal Court Will
Probe War Crimes in Central African Republic
The
International Criminal Court has announced that it will
investigate war crimes allegedly committed in the Central
African Republic in 2002 and 2003. The Prosecutor for the
Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, says the ICC took the decision
after receiving a referral from the government. "In
this case, the unusual thing is that there are four times
more allegations on rapes than on killings."
UNICEF Calls for More Support
to Zimbabwean Children
The
people of Zimbabwe are facing economic hardships and this
is seriously affecting the well-being of the children. However,
the UN Children's Fund Chief of Communication, James Elder,
says inspite of the economic difficulties, Zimbabweans have
achieved impressive results in the areas of education and
in the fight against AIDS but they still need support. "Zimbabwean
families and communities have been more than miraculous
in their ability to cope with the current crisis. But the
stress on them now is almost overwhelming."
UN Special Envoy
for Darfur Stresses Need for a Political Solution
Jan
Eliasson, the UN Envoy for Darfur, says that all the parties
involved in the Darfur crisis now realize that there is
need to start negotiation for a political solution. He points
out that both the government and the rebel movements seem
to understand that there is no military solution to the
conflict. He stresses that while peacekeeping is necessary,
it is not a solution because there has to be a peace to
keep.
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Insecurity in Mogadishu Discourages
Somalis from Returning Home
Thousands of Somalis displaced
by the recent fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu
are reluctant to return to their homes because of insecurity.
Accoridng to the spokesmn for the UN refugee agency, William
Spindler, some of the displaced people are gradually returning
to certain areas of Mogadishu."Our staff in the
Somali capital report that people are only returning to
those parts of the city which were not involved in the fighting."
UN Information Centres in Sub-Saharan
Africa Launch Websites
On
the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information
Society Day, UN Information Centres in Sub-Saharan Africa
launch websites to provide more information about the UN
and its activities in the region. The head of UNIC Pretoria,
Margaret Novicki, says the Internet is becoming a good medium
for providing information to local communities, the media,
governments and NGOs.
Head of UN-Habitat
Says Africa is Urbanizing Rapidly 
Urbanization around the world is happening at a very fast
pace. The process is even faster on the African continent
where 37 per cent of the population is already living in
towns and cities. The head of UN-Habitat, Anna Tibairjuka
recently told reporters at UN Headquarters that the continent
is urbanizing at a rate of around 4 per cent a year.
"By 2030 Africa will
cease to be a rural continent. So we shall have Homo urbanus
africanus."
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Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide: Why did the genocide happen? Why was the
UN unable to prevent the killings or stop the massacres?
What lessons have been learned? Transcript
