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President Barack Obama has announced formal U.S. recognition of the Syrian opposition coalition, calling it the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

Several key European countries are trying to rally international support for Syria's newly formed opposition coalition.

MONUSCO peacekeepers evacuate children following the capture of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by M23.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore (c) concluding the 2012 OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin, 7 December 2012.

No country, region or community is immune to corruption, a serious crime that can undermine social and economic development in all societies.

Syrian refugees queue for relief items at Jordan's Za'atri camp.

No country, region or community is immune to corruption, a serious crime that can undermine social and economic development in all societies

Last month’s deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip may be over, but the war of words continues.

Syrian refugees queue for relief items at Jordan's Za'atri camp.

The leader of Uganda’s main opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) said corruption in the government of President Yoweri Museveni is pervasive and systemic.