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Relief Agencies Begin to Help
Kenyans as Situation Calms Down
After days of turmoil sparked by the announcement of elections
results in Kenya, calm began to return to the East African
country this week. Marcus Prior of the World Food Programme
says his agency has been able to reach over 50,000 people
in need of food in the country.
A Centre on Lake Muhazi Helps
Former Rwandan Child Soldiers
A centre on Lake Muhazi in Rwanda is helping former child
soldiers to return to normal life. UN Radio's Diane Bailey
who recently visited the centre, reports on the experiences
of two of the former child soldiers in the centre.
Trial of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor Resumes
in The Hague
President Charles Taylor of Liberia appeared before the
International Criminal Court this week to face chares of
war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the civil
war in Sierra Leone. Elise Keppler, a legal expert with
Human Rights Watch talks to UN Radio about the start of
the trial.
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The UN Is Concerned About Violence in Kenya
Kenya
ends 2007 and starts the New Year with fire and death. Since
the announcement of the results of the general elections
in the country, scores of people have been killed as riot
police clamp down on protests, and violence flares among
Kenyans.
Libya
Assumes Presidency of the Security Council
Libya, which faced diplomatic isolation by the West for
many years, starts the year by presiding over the Security
Council. Libyan Ambassador Giadalla Ettalhi talks about
some of the issues he expects the Council to discuss in
January.
A Look Back at the UN and Africa
in 2007
2007
clearly marked the start of a process by the United Nations
to secure a Climate Change pact that once in place, will
be one of the great accomplishments of the world body. But
2007 will also be remembered as a year in which turmoil
and terror, spread across the globe. For UN Radio and TV,
Ahmad Fawzi takes a look at some of the highlights of the
year, including the situation in Darfur, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Somalia and the Millennium Development
Goals in Africa.
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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
