Click here If you can’t watch the video above     Home showDate(); July 9, 2009   USUN PRESS RELEASE #   141(09) July 9, 2009 AS DELIVERED Office of Press and Public Diplomacy United States Mission to the United Nations 140 East 45th Street New York, N.Y. 10017 Remarks... 

  UN Security Council Considering Sanctions Against Eritrea, Others By Margaret Besheer (VOA) The United Nations 09 July 2009   United Nations Security Council (file photo) The U.N. Security Council said it will consider implementing sanctions against Eritrea and other spoilers to the Somali peace process. The council’s decision Thursday... 

  Home showDate(); July 9, 2009   USUN PRESS RELEASE #   141(09) July 9, 2009 AS DELIVERED Office of Press and Public Diplomacy United States Mission to the United Nations 140 East 45th Street New York, N.Y. 10017 Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative... 

PART I On Friday, Barack Obama, the US president, begins his first official visit to Africa. But, does Africa expect too much from the first African-American US president? Riz Khan ooks at US policy in the continent. PART II    Read More →

President Obama to Make First Official Trip to Sub-Saharan Africa By Cathy Majtenyi (VOA) Nairobi 08 July 2009   U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the New Economic School graduation ceremony in Moscow, 07 July 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the West African nation of Ghana this week on his first trip to sub-Saharan... 

Asylum seekers caught in limbo 09 July 2009 By Charles Heslett Yorkshire Evening News   FAILED asylum seekers are forced to live rough on the streets of Leeds – because their lives would be at risk if they were deported. A total of 273 people – including mothers and children – were made destitute after the government refused their asylum pleas and withdrew their benefits. But...