Fighting makes Somalis fear more than ever: U.N. envoy
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Somalis in the capital Mogadishu are more scared than ever of being targeted by the country's warring parties, who are recruiting children to fight in the conflict, a U.N. envoy said on Friday.
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The UN special envoy for Somalia on Monday urged that the African Union (AU) contingent in the war-torn Horn of Africa country be beefed up and that a government of national unity be set up.
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Many refugees in Sudan&#39;s wartorn Darfur region still live in a climate of fear and are reluctant to return home as they do not trust the government to protect them, according to the United Nation&#39;s (UN) human rights chief.
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Ethiopia's foreign minister arrived in Somalia Saturday to mediate disagreements among the leaders of the nation's U.N.-backed transitional government, which is under pressure from an Islamic militia that the United States accuses of harboring terrorists.
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The U.N. envoy to Sudan on Thursday   urged warring groups in Darfur to stop fighting during the   Islamic holy month of Ramadan to let relief workers operate in   the region where conflict has displaced more than 2 million.
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Somalia's warlords are re-emerging and pose a threat to humanitarian aid deliveries to the needy, the United Nations warned Wednesday, as the government struggles to quell growing unrest.
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At least 10,000 people flee fresh violence since the start of peace talks in Somalia's capital, the UN says.
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The U.S. Special Envoy to Somalia discusses the security situation in Mogadishu and the widespread 'lack of confidence' in the Somali government
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The United Nations urgently needs international support to boost its presence in Somalia and restore basic services, or the country could collapse into chaos, U.N. aid officials said on Monday.
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Somalia&#039;s weak interim government said Friday it will resist attempts by an increasingly powerful Muslim militia to assert authority across the Horn of Africa country that Osama bin Laden calls a battleground in his fight against the U.S.
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The UN says it is struggling to cope with the flow of Somalis into Kenya - with 2,000 arriving in just two days.
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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday authorized an African force to protect Somalia's government against an increasingly powerful Islamic militia, hoping to restore peace and avert a broader conflict in the region.
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The scale of suffering in Somalia is a "moral outrage", a top United Nations official says.
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The United Nations says it is concerned by Sudan&#39;s lack of progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.
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Attacks on refugees in Sudan's Darfur  region are still a major problem, a senior U.N. official said  Monday, as a deadline approached for Sudan to give them better  protection or face U.N. sanctions.
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The United Nations said on Wednesday it was concerned by Sudan's lack of progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.
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Pervasive violence in Darfur and eastern Chad has compromised the U.N. refugee agency's ability to work in the region, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Friday.