Source: World Vision Country: World The use of maps in humanitarian response is not a new phenomena - the shift with application of new technologies is in live mapping, which enables presentation on a map not only of geographic reference points, but also of events, needs, and stories. Live maps present material over both... More»

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime Country: Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya 22 February 2012 - In 2011, pirates made some $170 million in ransom money for hijacked vessels and their crews. That figure represents an increase since 2010, when ransoms paid amounted to over $110 million, according to UNODC. Ransom money is increasingly... More»

Source: UN Women Country: occupied Palestinian territory It is 6.30 a.m. in the West Bank, part of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), and Istethkar Abdelkarim has already been working for two hours. And yet she couldn't be happier. (...) Read the original article... More»

Al-Qaida linked rebels have surrendered Somalia's third largest city, Baidoa, without a fight, fleeing in the face of a joint offensive by pro-government forces and Ethiopian troops.Al-Shabab rebel militias pulled out of Baidoa as truckloads of pro-government troops and Ethiopian tanks rolled in. The deputy prime minister of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government, Mohamed Mahmud... More»

Source: UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti Country: Haiti La ceremonie officielle de remise des clefs du nouveau batiment devant abriter le Tribunal de Paix et le Bureau d'Etat civil de la commune de Capotille (Nord-est) a eu lieu le vendredi 17 fevrier, en presence notamment du substitut du commissaire du gouvernement dans le Nord-est,... More»

Source: Government of Mexico Country: Mexico Beneficiara a mas de un millon 450 mil habitantes de San Luis Potosí y Guanajuato. Se inicia la construccion del acueducto que abastecera a San Luis Potosí La infraestructura hidraulica que construye la Comision Nacional del Agua (Conagua) es parte de la estrategia integral de largo plazo del... More»

Source: UN Radio Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) Ecouter l'extrait sonore Des habitants de Yaisuli, territoire d'Isangi dans la Province orientale, se sont refugies en brousse pour fuir les rançonnements d'un officier de police de Yangambi, en mission dans cette entite situee a environ 325 km a l'ouest de Kisangani. Selon Joël... More»

Source: UN Security Council Country: Somalia SC/10550 Security Council 6718th Meeting (AM) Resolution 2036 (2012) Adopted Unanimously; Also Expands Support Package The Security Council today, welcoming the relocation of the Secretary-General's Special Representative to Somalia and the United Nations Political Office (UNPOS) to its capital and commending the contribution of the African Union Mission... More»

Ari Berman The more we learn about Super PACs, the uglier the picture gets.read more Read the original article... More»

Ari Berman The more we learn about Super PACs, the uglier the picture gets.read more Read the original article... More»

Anne-Marie Slaughter on the responsibility to protect: "I believe in a values-based foreign policy and looking to cooperate as often as I can. I also think thats basic self-interest. We dont do well when we go in without the support of other nations." Read the original article... More»

Source: UN Development Programme Country: Haiti 'I was shooting my first film ever, standing on top of a house filming kids playing football when the earth started shaking and the house crumbled underneath me,' said 27-year old filmmaker Massena Cesar, recalling that day of profound sorrow when a massive earthquake rocked Haiti, killing over... More»

Rome - Development leaders and heads of state or government gathered for the opening of the 35th Session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to discuss the world's most urgent problem: how to feed the world and protect the planet at the same time. Read the original... More»

Source: UN Radio Country: South Sudan (Republic of) One hundred and twenty Japanese engineers arrived in South Sudan this week to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission there in helping the young country build roads and bridges. Infrastructural development is a top priority for South Sudan, which gained it's independence from Sudan in July.... More»

A year after the uprising, Egypt's security forces continue to kill protesters with the same brutal tactics used in Hosni Mubarak’s last days in power, Amnesty International said after concluding that riot police yet again used excessive force in policing protests in Cairo and Suez. The protests earlier this month followed the Port Said... More»