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Kenyans Vote Amid Threats of Violence

Kenyans are voting to elect the country’s fourth president since independence. Police have issued warnings of possible violence during the poll.

Ban, UN-Arab League envoy meet to discuss efforts to end Syrian crisis

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Joint Special Representative of the UN and League of Arab States on the Syrian...

Kenyan elections must be free of sexual violence, UN official stresses ahead of polls

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Women sit together outside a dormitory at the Heal Africa Transit Center for victims of sexual violence.

United States: The Time has Come to Ban Landmines

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Ms. Jody Williams,1997 Nobel Peace Laureate and founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, addresses an...