South Sudan on brink of abyss – Ban
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says South Sudan remains precariously poised on the brink of an abyss. He warned that the promises of the new state for peace, justice and opportunity have been squandered. ends intro The UN chief tells a Security Council debate on peacebuilding in Africa he’s appalled by the scale of sexual violence […]
UN withdraws assistance in Nigeria after Boko Haram attack
The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian assistance mission in Northeastern Nigeria following a bloody attack on a humanitarian convoy by Boko Haram terrorists. Several officials of aid groups within the world organisation were seriously wounded. The UN is reviewing of the security situation in the northeast Nigeria which is a stronghold for the militants. […]
Elsewhere in Africa
Elsewhere on continent, Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports A seven year old girl has been killed by a stone throwing elephant. She’d been lifted onto her father’s shoulders at the Rabat zoo in morocco when a stone about the size of a half brick was flung by the elephant, using his trunk and hit her […]