Former Department of Defense Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Financial Assistance Funds Intended for Service Members

26 August 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned this morning’s attack on the United Nations building in Abuja, in which a number of people have been killed or wounded, and said he is dispatching top officials to the Nigerian capital to respond to the emergency. The compound in Abuja, a series of buildings that house the offices of 26 UN humanitarian and development agencies, was struck by a car bomb at around 11 a.m. local time. “This was an assault on those who devote their .... [More]