AFP | July 31, 2011
Armed men shot and killed a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Sunday, officials and witnesses said, in the latest violence to hit Somalia’s war-ravaged capital.
Posts Tagged ‘UN’
SOMALIA: Gunmen Kill Somali Lawmaker: official
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Somalia, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, United Nations, tagged aid agencies, al Shabaab, Civilian Casualties, horn of Africa, Mogadishu, Somalia, UN, UNICEF, World Food Programme on July 31, 2011 |
IRAQ: UN pays out $1 billion from Iraqi oil fund to victims of 1990 Kuwait invasion
Posted in Compensation, Iraq, Middle-East, United Nations, tagged Compensation, Iraq, Kuwait, UN on July 28, 2011 |
Associated Press | The Washington Post | July 28, 2011
LIBYA: Libya bill would redistribute $4 billion
Posted in Africa, Foreign Aid, Government, Libya, United Nations, United States, tagged gaddafi, humanitarian aid, Libya, UN, US Senate on June 14, 2011 |
Politico | Meredith Shiner | June 13, 2011
The Senate Banking Committee will vote Thursday on a bipartisan bill to distribute an initial $4 billion in the Qadhafi government’s frozen assets to the Libyan people, the panel’s top two members announced Tuesday.
“The Libyan Assets for Humanitarian Relief Act” would authorize President Barack Obama to confiscate Qadhafi’s assets, use those resources exclusively for humanitarian aide to citizens of the war-torn nation and enable Congress to oversee the distribution of the funds. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: May Deadliest Month for Afghan Civilians
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, IEDs, ISAF, May, UN, UNAMA, United Nations on June 11, 2011 |
UNAMA | June 11, 2011
May 2011 was the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since at least 2007, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today. UNAMA documented 368 conflict-related civilian deaths in May and 593 civilian injuries. (more…)
LIBYA: Prosecutor says Gaddafi linked to rape policy
Posted in Africa, Government, Laws, Trials, Libya, Military, Rape, Sex Crimes, tagged gaddafi, ICC, Libya, rape, UN, war crimes on June 9, 2011 |
Reuters | June 9, 2011
UNITED NATIONS – International Criminal Court investigators have evidence linking Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to a policy of raping opponents and may bring separate charges on the issue, the ICC prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo requested arrest warrants on May 16 against Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and the country’s spy chief on charges of crimes against humanity committed during attempts to crush the country’s rebellion. (more…)
