Benedict Moran

Re­main­ing in­se­cu­ri­ty in city of Gao calls into ques­tion the abil­i­ty of the for­mer colo­nial pow­er to leave the coun­try.

Talks have bro­ken down at African Union sum­mit in Ethiopia on plans to solve cri­sis in the De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Re­pub­lic of Con­go.

UN to cre­ate ‘in­ter­ven­tion brigade’ to lim­it M23

Fears that $2.2bn pro­gramme may fall short on fund­ing and de­flect pres­sure on UN to apol­o­gise for in­tro­duc­ing dis­ease.

The UN is set to lay the ground­work for an armed in­ter­ven­tion in North­ern Mali.

The Syr­ia vote marked the end of an in­tense pe­ri­od of diplo­ma­cy geared to­wards achiev­ing Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil uni­ty.

The UN Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil agree on a new mis­sion to Syr­ia but re­main di­vid­ed over the man­date.

What was sup­posed to mark the launch of a long-await­ed se­ries of ne­go­ti­a­tions at the UN.

Mild agree­ments dis­cussed at the Rio de Janeiro sum­mit are seen by many as mere pro­cras­ti­na­tion to avoid mak­ing dif­fi­cult de­ci­sions.

La­belling vi­o­lence in Syr­ia as civ­il war would have reper­cus­sions: the law of war would ap­ply to both gov­ern­ment and op­po­si­tion fight­ers.