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New York, Sept 25 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has learned with “profound sadness” of the passing on Wednesday of Margaret Vogt, who served as his Special Representative in the Central African Republic (CAR) from 2011 to 2013. more
South Sudan: civilians fleeing violence nears 2 million with no likelihood of return soon

New York, Sept 25 (JEN) The United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday that gross violations committed by all parties to the conflict in South Sudan have dec ...

International Criminal Court opens second probe into Central African Republic violence

New York, Sept 25 (JEN) The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that she is opening a second investigation into the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) with ...

French hostage 'beheaded' in Algeria

Algiers , Sept 24 (JEN): A new video has emerged which showed that a Frenchman, who was kidnapped recently, being beheaded by an Algerian jihadist group, media reports said.

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian Kurds live in fear of Islamist extremist violence – UN

New York, Sept 24 (JEN) With 138,000 Syrians having already fled to Turkey from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), United Nations officials on Tuesday voiced grave concern fo ...

UN experts urge real dialogue with children about their rights, decisions that affect them

New York, Sept 24 (JEN) A group of United Nations independents experts on Tuesday called on governments to make renewed efforts to ensure that children’s views are heard and taken into ac ...

On eve of Security Council summit, Ban calls for decisive action against terrorism

New York, Sept 24 (JEN) Ahead of on Wednesday’s United Nations Security Council summit on foreign terrorist fighters, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for decisive action in suppor ...

Cross-border attacks force movement of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon – UN agency

New York, Sept 24 (JEN) The United Nations refugee agency announced on Tuesday that it is stepping up efforts to move some 5,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon away from a border town amidst ...

Iraq: UN delivers food to over 1 million displaced people; refugee numbers rise sharply

New York, Sept 24 (JEN) Despite insecurity and the continuous movement of people, the United Nations said on Tuesday it has reached more than one million people uprooted by violence across ...

DR Congo: Ban says recommitment to peace framework critical to addressing root cause of conflict

New York, Sept 23 (JEN) United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said that addressing the root causes of the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the ...