Conflict
New York, Jan 24 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the signing of a peace deal between opposition factions in South Sudan, calling for the accord’s immediate implementation, as well as the commitment of the country’s leaders to follow through with ongoing negotiations towards ending the year-long conflict. more
Demolitions, displacements in West Bank ‘must stop immediately,’ urges UN envoy

New York, Jan 24 (JEN) The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory expressed concern on Friday over the Israeli authorities’ recent spat ...

Death toll in Ukraine conflict exceeds 5,000, may be 'considerably higher' – UN

New York, Jan 24 (JEN) More than 5,000 people have now been killed since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine in mid-April last year, the United Nations human rights office said on Frid ...

UN pays tribute to late Saudi King's role in advancing development, humanitarian causes

New York, Jan 24 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has “learnt with sadness” of the death of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the late King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two ...

AirAsia QZ 8501: Indonesian divers recover 4 bodies

Jakarta, Jan 24 (JEN): Indonesian divers recovered four more bodies of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501 on Saturday as they continued their operations to lift the fuselage of the aircraf ...

Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack in eastern Ukraine

New York, Jan 23 (JEN) The United Nations Security Council has condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ today’s shelling which resulted in the deaths of more than 10 civilians in eastern Uk ...

DR Congo: Ban urges calm in Kinshasa; peacekeeping chief backs gradual drawdown of UN mission

New York, Jan 23 (JEN) Amid the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the capital, Kinshasa, is gripped by clashes between demonstrators and security f ...

DR Congo: Ban urges calm in Kinshasa; peacekeeping chief backs gradual drawdown of UN mission

New York, Jan 23 (JEN) Amid the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the capital, Kinshasa, is gripped by clashes between demonstrators and security f ...

Central African Republic: Security Council renews sanctions amid ‘continuous cycle’ of violence

New York, Jan 23 (JEN) Strongly condemning the resurgence of deadly violence across the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Security Council on Thursday reinvigorated its sanc ...

Mali: UN mission wards off rebel attack; urges armed groups to respect ceasefire

New York, Jan 22 (JEN) The United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has confirmed it used force in response to machine gun fire directed at its troops and towards the town inhabited by civil ...