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The United Nations reports that at least 183 people have been killed during recent clashes between Fano militiamen and security forces in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
2023-08-29

The United States notifies the United Nations of its formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
2019-11-4

Soldiers detain the interim president and prime minister of Burkina Faso, as well as a number of cabinet ministers, sparking fear of a coup d'etat. A joint statement by the United Nations, the African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States states that the presidential guard should immediately release the leaders of the interim government.
2015-09-16

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemns both Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip and Hamas for "indiscriminate attacks" on Israel, and warns that war crimes may have been committed.
2014-07-23

The United Nations says detainees from Libya's civil war are being tortured.
2012-01-26

The United Nations says a new foreign judge at the Khmer Rouge trial can continue cases without the support of Cambodia.
2012-01-25

The United Nations claims that about 20,000 people have fled the Abyei region for Agok in Southern Sudan after Sudanese forces took control.
2011-05-24

West African leaders urge the United Nations to authorise force to remove incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to leave office, from power.
2011-03-25

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation announces that world food prices have risen to a record high.
2011-02-3

U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower who is thought to have revealed secret U.S. government documents to the international public, is reported to be held in solitary confinement awaiting trial by the United States for seven months now, treatment which the United Nations deems a form of torture when used for such prolonged periods.
2011-02-1