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U.S. Embassy Condemns Harmful Political Rhetoric
Nov 20, 2014: As Nigeria looks ahead to the February 2015 general elections, the United States strongly supports a free, transparent, credible, inclusive, and non-violent electoral process. We are deeply troubled by Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of... -
New Zeal Required To Realize The New Sustainable Development Goals
Nov 4, 2014Even as we prepare to lay the eight millennium development goals to rest and start deliberations on the sustainable development goals, it is important to reflect on where we are as a nation, what we have... -
The Rise Of Africa’s Midi-Cities
Oct 20, 2014Africa’s population is on the rise due to many factors, from political stability to development in agriculture, industrialization, infrastructure, health care and security. It is also becoming obvious that most of the growth due to Urbanization... -
WORLD FOOD DAY 2014: FAMILY FARMING, NOURISHING THE WORLD
Oct 16, 2014By Jose Graziano da Silva (FAO Director General) The fight against hunger forges ahead around the world, but with about 805 million people who still do not have enough to eat, a lot more still... -
Rethinking the United Nations for the Networked World
Sep 26, 2014This week’s UN Climate Summit in New York did more than address the urgent issues of climate change. It also put a spotlight on the UN itself, and the role of the UN in tackling the most... -
World Exclusive: South Sudan Rebel Threatened UN Just Before Helicopter Shooting
Sep 11, 2014Al Jazeera has aired exclusive audio of South Sudan Liberation Army rebel commander Peter Gadet threatening to shoot incoming UN aircraft, just nine days before a UN helicopter was shot down on 26 August 2014 over... -
Global Parliament of Mayors: Can Cities Change the World?
Aug 7, 2014In a newly released research report, Professor Benjamin Barber, political theorist and author of If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities, Richard Florida, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and Don Tapscott, best-selling...