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The United Nations Secretary General, Mr Antonio Guterres has reiterated UN’s commitment to ensure the welfare of Boko Haram victims and Internally Displaced Person in the North-East of Nigeria remains a top priority. The…

The Special representative of the secretary-general and Head of UN peacekeeping force in Mali called the country's transitional government to grant it access to the village of Moura where a military operation killed at least 200 people in…

The Congolese authorities and the United Nations Mission in Congo paid tribute to the eight peacekeepers killed in a helicopter crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week. The crash killed six Pakistanis, a Russian and a…

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…