Members of the Economic and Social Council (CES) who met, on Thursday, on the opening of the 2009-2010 session, extended a message to President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali in which they express to him their heartfelt congratulations for the

Members of the Higher Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties Committee extended to President Zine el Abidine Ben sincere congratulations on the occasion his brilliant victory, last Sunday, in the presidential elections, wishing him more success in discharging his mission in

The Chamber of Advisers asserted that Tunisia lived, in the past few days, through a historic event that left a deep stamp on the national memory, namely the pluralistic presidential and legislative elections which took place in a democratic climate

A plenary session marking opening of the fifth parliamentary ordinary session of the Chamber of Advisers (2009/2010) was held on Thursday in Bardo.

The top United Nations peacekeeping official has stressed that ending the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region will require greater commitment and efforts by the parties involved, lamenting that the peace process has been moving very slowly.

President Umaru Musa Yar'adua has charged African leaders attending the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) conference in Abuja to device means of resolving the Darfur crisis in Sudan.

The top United Nations peacekeeping official, Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy, has stressed that ending the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region will require greater commitment and efforts by the parties involved, lamenting that the peace process has been moving very slowly.

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has called for the setting up of a Hybrid Court to address the issues of impunity and the state protection of those suspected of committing crimes against humanity in Dafur.

The African Union (AU) peace and security council led by former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, met in Abuja yesterday to deliberate on the report of the seven-man AU High Level Panel on the crisis in Darfur.

The government has been asked to beef up security for Labour minister John Munyes as a diplomatic row over espionage claims involving Southern Sudan escalates.

The top African Union-United Nations peacekeeping official in Sudan met with leading Government ministers this week to urge them to step up efforts for the safe release of abducted UN and other humanitarian workers in the strife-torn Darfur region, calling

Following recent clashes between the Zaghawa and Birgid tribes around Shangil Tobaya, a team led by UNAMID Deputy Sector North Commander, accompanied by UN Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS) UNAMID Police, Civil Affairs, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, UNICEF and

The African Union (AU) should support the High-Level Panel on Darfur's call for prosecutions to provide justice for victims in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said that the panel's recommendation to create a "hybrid court" -

A potentially serious infestation of desert locusts has broken out in Mauritania, but experts are hopeful that quickly implemented countermeasures will prevent a repeat of the plague that hit the region five years ago.