WHO confirms Congo polio outbreaks in new eradication setback
Thirty years ago, polio paralysed more than 350,000 children each year in more than 125 countries
Multi-billion dollar Africa-India partnership aims to eradicate energy poverty
The area most ripe for immediate collaboration is solar irrigation, which is already scaling rapidly in India
Conflict in central Congo forces 150,000 children out of school - UN
More than 600 primary and secondary schools have been damaged by attacks
UN rights chief seeks international inquiry into Congo massacres
Hundreds have been killed and 1.3 million displaced in central Congo since last August in fighting between a militia and government forces
Syrian polio outbreak hits global effort to eradicate virus
A polio outbreak has been confirmed in an area of Syria partly held by Islamic State, the first re-emergence of the virus in Syria since 2014.
Congo troops may be sent home from Central African Republic - U.N.
CAR wants hundreds of troops from the Congo Republic accused of sexual abuse sent home if discipline does not improve
U.S. tells UN rights forum to remove 'chronic anti-Israel bias'
"The United States is looking carefully at this Council and our participation in it. We see some areas for significant strengthening"
Congo faces U.N. deadline of June 8 for human rights probe
Hundreds of people have been killed and over a million displaced in central Congo since fighting broke out last August
End of Israeli occupation would benefit both sides -UN rights chief
"Maintain the occupation and for both peoples there will only be a prolongation of immense pain"
U.S. urges U.N. chief to look into who killed investigators in Congo
American Michael Sharp and Swede Zaida Catalan disappeared in March in conflict-plagued central Congo - their bodies were found two weeks later in a shallow grave