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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.…

A UN expert has urged Sudanese forces to stop firing live ammunition and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in a crackdown that has killed more than 80 people. Demonstrations have continued in the northeast African country since army chief…

The United Nations Organisation for Coordination of Humanitarian Activities, UNOCHA says Humanitarian response requires a whole lot of global partnership  including security. UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and…

The UN envoy for the disputed Western Sahara region has visited refugee camps in Algeria in a renewed bid to find a diplomatic solution to the territory. The former Spanish colony was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Polisario front…

Hundreds of people in Sudan took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, to reject the UN's latest bid to resolve the escalating political crisis in the country. The protests took place after the resignation of civilian prime-minister…

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appealed to the military junta in Mali to announce an acceptable timetable for elections. Guterres reacted to the junta's suggestion that they would remain in power for five…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that he would attend the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics next month with the message that the event "must be an instrument of peace in the world."  His confirmed…

President Muhammadu Buhari has warmly felicitated with UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, on her re-appointment for a second term, assuring of the prayers and support of Nigerians, especially the Federal Executive Council, where…

The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has visited the areas affected by flooding in the north of the country. It's estimated that up to 850,000 residents have been impacted by the weather in the country's Unity state.…