DR Congo In Goma Secretary-General hails regional accord as best chance for peace in years

23 May 2013 150 Arriving today in restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all the leaders of Africa's Great Lakes region to throw their support behind a recently-signed peace accord which aims to ensure security, as well as development, for the long-troubled country. "We have the best chance in many years to bring peace ...

Continuing push for Great Lakes peace UN chief in Uganda after visit to Rwanda

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today thanked the Government of Uganda for its contribution to peace and security in Africa, travelling alongside World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on a first-of-its-kind visit to support a recent peace accord and promote economic development in the Great Lakes region. Earlier in the day, Mr. Ban spoke at ...

ObamaSexual Assault Threatens Trust in Military

Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to contain what has become a growing epidemic. ...

Deal keeps alive proposed Lake Michigan preserve at Port Washington

Conservation groups hoping to establish a preserve along the Lake Michigan bluffs and Port Washington city officials have reached an agreement that keeps the proposal ...

Tips dwindle in Nevaeh Buchanans kidnapping slaying

Monroe - Investigators say the number of tips is dwindling in the kidnapping and slaying of a 5-year-old Michigan girl who disappeared four years ago and was found buried near a Michigan river. Detective Joseph Hammond of the Monroe County sheriff's department tells the Blade of Toledo, Ohio, that a hotline set up for the Nevaeh Buchanan case gets about one tip a month. Hammond was part of ...