Ban calls on South Sudan to restore security after deadly ethnic fighting

23 August 2011 – The United Nations today stressed the need for Afghan lawmakers get down to business now that the country’s electoral authorities have finalized the results of last year’s parliamentary elections. On Sunday the Independent Election Commission (IEC) reportedly announced that nine members of the 249-member Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Parliament, would be removed and nine others who were previously disqualified over electoral irregularities would now have their seats restor .... [More]