http://www.news24.com/Tags/People/ban ki-moon Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sat, 25 May 2013 14:19:35 +0200 African leaders have opened extravagant celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/AU-opens-50th-anniversary-celebrations-20130525 Troubled eastern DRC has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/DRC-has-chance-for-peace-Ban-20130523 UN chief Ban Ki-moon has pledged that UN troops will be in place within "one or two months" to battle armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UN-combat-troops-in-DRC-soon-20130523 The UN chief Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Goma, eastern DRC, hours after a rebel group fighting government forces nearby said they would impose a cease-fire to permit the visit to proceed. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UN-chief-arrives-in-Goma-DRC-20130523 Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina says presidential elections scheduled for July will probably not be held because international donors have pulled the plug on funding. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Rajoelina-warns-polls-may-not-go-ahead-20130522 Rockets have land in DRC city of Goma as the UN secretary-general arrives in the capital. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/DRC-war-persists-as-UN-chief-arrives-20130522 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Myanmar-urged-to-stop-using-child-soldiers-20130522-3 Fresh fighting has erupted between the army and rebels in the eastern DRC ahead of a visit by the UN chief Ban Ki-moon to the troubled country. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Fighting-flares-in-DRC-ahead-of-Ban-visit-20130522 Two days of clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/DRC-army-rebel-clashes-continue-in-Goma-20130521 The UN leader Ban Ki-moon has backed African calls for Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina and two rivals to withdraw from the country's presidential election in July. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Stay-out-of-polls-Madagascar-rivals-told-20130521 Rebels from the M23 movement and the army are fighting just north of Goma, a regional capital in the DRC that the rebels had occupied briefly in November, both sides say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Rebels-army-clash-in-DRCs-Goma-20130520-3 North Korea has fired another short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, the latest in a series of missile drills that have been condemned by South Korea and UN chief Ban Ki-Moon. http://www.news24.com/World/News/N-Korea-fires-fifth-missile-in-three-days-20130520 UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned of a "dangerous escalation" after North Korea test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas to ease tensions. http://www.news24.com/World/News/UNs-Ban-warns-of-N-Korea-escalation-20130519 Almost two-thirds of Europe's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and most feel discriminated against, says an EU report. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Most-European-gays-still-threatened-Report-20130517 UN leader Ban Ki-moon has called on rival Bangladesh political parties to calm tensions ahead of a looming election. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Calm-urged-ahead-of-Bangladesh-election-20130514 The United States says it will refuse to send its ambassador to any meeting of the UN forum where nuclear disarmament is negotiated when it is chaired by Iran. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-wont-attend-arms-talks-led-by-Iran-20130514 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to hold talks on the conflict in Syria amid growing concern about Moscow's arms deliveries to Damascus. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Putin-Netanyahu-set-for-talks-on-Syria-20130514 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Damascus of trying to drag his country into the Syrian "quagmire" after bomb attacks killed 46 people in a town on the border. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syria-pulling-us-into-quagmire-Turkey-PM-20130513