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| Feb.28 |
UN Tribunal |
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Witness in Taylor war crimes trial in hiding A key insider witness who testified against Taylor has gone into hiding after being threatened for giving evidence at the war crimes trial
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| Jan.10 |
UN Tribunal |
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Taylor 'secretly sent arms to rebels'| Former Liberian President concealed banned weapons and ammunition in rice bags before distributing them to rebels fighting in Sierra Leone | |
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| Jul.20 |
Ivory Coast |
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UN probes 'abuse'| The United Nations is investigating allegations of widespread sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers | | |
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| Jun.4 |
UN Tribunal |
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Taylor boycotts 'charade' trial| Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is calling war crimes trial in The Hague a 'charade' in a letter read by his lawyer who later walked out | |
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Islamic militants, security forces battle
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| Apr.27 |
UN Security Council |
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Liberia loses 'blood diamonds' label The Council voted unanimously to lift a ban on Liberian diamond exports imposed when so-called blood diamonds were being used to fuel wars
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| Nov.29 |
Haiti |
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UN troops face child abuse claims Children have been subjected to rape and prostitution by peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia
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| Jul.21 |
UN Tribunal |
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Taylor 'unhappy with jail food' Charles Taylor is not happy about conditions in the jail he was moved to last month, his lawyer
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| Jun.20 |
UN Tribunal |
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Taylor on way to Hague for trial| Former Liberian was on a plane on his way to stand trial on 11 war crimes charges | | |
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| Jun.16 |
UN Tribunal |
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U.N. authorizes Taylor's war crimes trial The Security Council authorized the transfer of former Liberian leader to The Hague to stand trial for war crimes
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Islamists claim Mogadishu victory
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| Feb.10 |
UN |
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UN urges Nigeria bird flu action
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| Jan.19 |
UN Security Council |
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UN condemns Ivory Coast violence The Security Council has condemned 4 days of unrest, but stopped short of imposing sanctions
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| Jan.18 |
Ivory Coast |
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UN Bangladeshi troops flee town United Nations peacekeepers have pulled out of a camp after clashing with supporters of President Gbagbo
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Sharon fights for life after stroke
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| Nov.23 |
Niger |
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U.N. warns of food hardships
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| Sep.15 |
Niger |
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UN Niger aid plan 'risks lives' NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres: plans to end food aid distributions in Niger in a few weeks could be a disaster
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| Aug.24 |
Niger |
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UN chief promises aid| Secretary General after meeting President Tandja has promised all the aid to cope with the food crisis | |
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| Aug.22 |
UN |
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UN chief to see Niger food crisis The Secretary General Kofi Annan is due to meet President Tandja
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| Jul.31 |
Niger |
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U.N.: 2.5 million in Niger to get food aid
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| Jul.27 |
Niger |
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U.N. will begin food airlifts to Niger The United Nations will begin airlifting 44 tons of emergency food rations where 80,000 people are starving
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| Jul.20 |
UN |
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World 'ignores' Niger food crisis
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Ratzinger elected as new Pope
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| Nov.15 |
Ivory Coast |
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UN arms embargo for Ivory Coast The Security Council has voted unanimously to impose an immediate arms embargo. The ban will last 13 months
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| Mar.9 |
Sierra Leone |
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War crimes tribunal opens A ceremony attended by the president and UN officials. The court doesn't have the Liberia's ex-president Charles
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| Jan.17 |
Liberia |
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UN troops enter eastern Liberia United Nations troops are expanding their control over parts of the lawless countryside
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| Oct.1 |
Liberia |
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UN begins peace task The biggest United Nations peacekeeping operation in the world has got under way after clashes in the Monrovia
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Liberia |
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Liberia clashes mar U.N. takeover Shooting erupted between rebels and government soldiers in a suburb of Monrovia as rebel leader visited the city
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Aug.1 |
UN Security Council |
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Force approved for Liberia The Security Council has authorised a multinational force to help implement a ceasefire
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| Jun.4 |
Liberia |
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Arrest warrant for President Taylor Liberian President has been indicted for war crimes by a United Nations-backed court
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Euro mark celebrations
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| Apr.27 |
Nigeria |
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African AIDS summit
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| Mar.22 |
UN |
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Annan expected to ask to stay Annan will ask for a second five-year term as secretary-general of the United Nations
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