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Malian ruling junta says that it was expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission there, giving him 48 hours to leave the country. The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned on Sunday the "heinous murder of at least 15 migrants and asylum seekers" in the Libyan city of Sabratha (west), calling for "bringing the perpetrators to justice". Fifteen…

The United Nations Security Council voted to extend for a year the peace keeping mission in South Sudan. The resolution sets the end of the mission’s mandate on March 15th, 2023. The current level of deployment should remain unchanged…

The head of the UN mission in Mali has condemned an attack by extremists that resulted in almost 30 dead amongst the Malian soldiers. According to a statement from the Malian army the extremists killed 27 soldiers and left 33 wounded.…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says there had been "significant progress" in tackling a militant insurgency in northern Mozambique after a multinational force deployed last year. Ramaphosa, who chairs the defence and security…

Prince Charles of the United Kingdom has met Egypt's president and the head of Sunni Islam's Al-Azhar institution in Cairo on a mission centred on inter-faith co-existence and the battle against climate change. Charles, accompanied by…

The United Nations Libya mission says that the country's parliament should amend its election law to hold both presidential and parliamentary elections on 24th December as originally envisioned in a peace plan. The House of Representatives…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has visits the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado to reaffirm the importance of collaboration between the two countries. Kagame met with President Nyusi and reaffirmed that the conflict in…