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The enforcement of human rights has long been an issue for the U.N. After much fanfare about the new UNHRC, the question remains: is it getting its job done?

On July 2 and 3 in Banjul, The Gambia, AU leaders met to discuss Darfur, the legal proceedings for Hissène Habré and the continent's future.

African Leaders assemble in Banjul, The Gambia, to discuss reforms on the African continent

A short biography of the eight Black winners of the coveted prize

Barack Obama,Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Ralph Bunche are the only African Americans ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. How many others of African descent have won it?

The Eritrean army has gone into a U.N. buffer zone close the Ethiopian border,a move that increases tension in the volatile Horn of Africa region.

The Kenyan cabinet remains sharply divided after a meeting held on July 20, 2009 failed to resolve the fate of the post election violence perpetrators.

Teachers can use the Olympic Truce. Activists can raise awareness and pressure national governments and the UN to invoke this ancient tradition every two years, for peace

The United Nations, African Union and United States have announced their commitment to achieve peace in Sudan's troubled western region.

It’s National Library Week and many stars have openly revealed their secrets, at least when it comes to naming their favourite books.

Africa will soon be hardly hit by the most severe effects of the global financial crisis with the risk of pulling millions of people back into poverty.

After decades of international public service, United Nations diplomat Martti Ahtisaari is announced winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.

The American public awoke on Friday morning to the news that their leader had been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Obama's Global Poverty Plan to reduce poverty around the world would include a tax of 0.7% of U.S. gross national product as part of his shared prosperity plan.

The L.A. marathon, beyond its show of elite athleticism also sheds light on the diversity of the city, and is an example of how the city can come together.

Although in office for less than one year, President Obama has redefined America's role in the world, while reengaging both friends and enemies in talks for peace.

Battling economic hardship and political turmoil, ordinary Zimbabweans now face a new threat from the one thing they cannot live without- water.

"We ask all the heads of state to hold a referendum so that they will see that all the people want a United States of Africa" -Moamer Gaddafi

Sachs maps the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity. Powerful technologies are available to break poverty traps. The key is global, political cooperation.

Clean water is a finite resource around the world that many say should be viewed as a basic human right.

A collection of famous and sometimes provocative quotes about the meaning and nature of liberty is offered for debate and discussion.

The nonfiction book "Mountains Beyond Mountains" is the story of Paul Farmer's life and his mission to bring health care to the poorest of the poor in Haiti and Russia.

The date of August 14, 2009, marked the first anniversary of the passing of one of Islam's greatest scholars of the twenty-first century.

Aboriginal rangers in Australia are helping to combat global warming in an innovative project with a natural gas producer by applying traditional indigenous knowledge.