Ban Ki-Moon Stories
A list of the most recent stories about Ban Ki-Moon.
Hezbollah, Syrian rebels in worst clash in Lebanon
Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled Sunday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is increasingly destabilizing its fragile neighbor. Syria's foreign minister, meanwhile, rebuffed an appeal by the U.N. and the Red Cross to let humanitarian aid reach thousands of ...
Syria says Assad will remain president until 2014
Syria's foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014 and might seek another term, conditions that will make it difficult for the opposition to agree to U.N.-sponsored talks on ending the civil war. Any deal reached in such ...
A look at the latest Syria developments
Here are the latest developments in the Syria crisis: — Syria's foreign minister and the main Western-backed opposition group issue terms that would make it difficult for U.S.-Russian sponsored peace talks on ending Syria's civil war to succeed. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem insists Bashar Assad will remain Syria's president ...
In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is trying to stay relevant on a continent regularly troubled by conflict. Opening a summit of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, ...
UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged African leaders to implement a peace plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo, a region long plagued by violence and which now is back on edge. Ban told a news conference in Uganda that he expects regional leaders to try ...
Correction: Mozambique-UN story
In a story May 21 about U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting Mozambique, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mozambique became independent in 1974, instead of 1975. A corrected version of the story is below: Ban praises Mozambique efforts, asks for more Ban Ki-Moon praises progress in Mozambique, says resource ...
UN chief visits Goma, Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed. The U.N. chief traveled to Congo, and specifically to Goma, for the first time ...
Congo fighting persists as UN chief arrives
M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city. The attack underscores the heightening tension in Congo and comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived ...
Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo
Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 19 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said. A Congolese military spokesman Col. Olivier Hamuli said that the fighting ...
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