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April 10, 2021
UN rights office urges protection, investigation, after latest clashes in West Darfur
April 10, 2021
Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Mozambique ‘beyond epic proportions’
April 07, 2021
Libya violated rights of ‘targeted’ woman activist, says committee
JUBA — Days of tribal clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur have left scores dead and thousands fleeing their homes, the UN envoy to the country said on Tuesday.The bloodshed is the latest in a resurgence of violence since the Juba Peace Agreement was signed in October, and UN peacekeepers began to withdraw.Outbreak of violence Clashes pitting Arab tribes against non-Arab Massalit communities in Al Geneina Town, West Darfur, began in mid-January, leading to hundreds of casualties, according to the UN.And around 108,000 already internally displaced people have been pushed out of the Krinding camps, in the capital of the West Darfur state.On Saturday evening, unknown assailants shot at Massalit tribesmen heading into Al Geneina, killing two and injuring two others. Tensions between the two...
April 07, 2021
Fighting in West Darfur triggers rising death toll
April 07, 2021
‘Staggering’ scale of acute hunger in the DRC
GENEVA — With a deteriorating security situation in central and northern Mali, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Tuesday that ‘blue helmets’, the Malian Defense and Security Forces, continue to suffer repeated attacks and significant losses, while some large towns “live under constant threat from armed groups”.The head of UN Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, recalled that on Friday, heavily armed terrorists had attacked a UN Stabilization Mission (MINUSMA) camp in the Kidal region, killing four Chadian peacekeepers and wounding 34 others.He said the assault was a tragedy, and an “illustration of the bravery and determination of our peacekeepers to support the people of Mali”, noting that the “determined and heroic defense inflicted a serious...
April 06, 2021
‘Political, security, human rights and humanitarian challenges’ plague Mali
April 06, 2021
Renewable energy access key to climate adaptation in Africa: UN chief
April 06, 2021
Why we should support refugee athletes’ Olympic medal hopes in Tokyo: UNHCR
JUBA — Fifty-eight women and children of more than 600 who were abducted last year during vicious intercommunal fighting in South Sudan, have been reunited with their families, the UN spokesperson told reporters on Monday.Since December, the UN Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, has been working with agencies, supported by the United States and the United Kingdom, to broker peace between the Lou Nuer, Murle and Dinka Bor ethnic groups.The exchange came about following a community-led peace, negotiated in Jonglei State between the three communities.More women yet to be released Women and girls have been frequently abducted in Jonglei, because of their economic importance in demanding a bride price paid in the form of cattle, said UNMISS in a statement on Friday.“The UN Mission believes...
April 06, 2021
Women abducted in South Sudan released, hundreds remain missing
April 05, 2021
US secretary of state discusses regional, economic issues with Sudan PM in phone call
