Conflict

Senior UN relief official describes “bleak” situation in South Sudan after a year of conflict

New York, Dec 5 (JEN) A year of conflict has “devastated” South Sudan, the United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-wha Kang, said at UN Headquarters on Thursday, as she briefed journalists on her recent visit to that crisis-torn country and to Ethiopia. more

Darfur: UN peacekeeping chief warns Security Council of region’s ongoing insecurity, violence

New York, Dec 5 (JEN) The situation in Darfur remains precarious amid intermittent clashes, inter-communal violence, and a dire humanitarian crisis, the top United Nations peacekeeping offic ...

At Harvard, UN chief urges global community to confront world’s existential threats

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) The world on Tuesdayfaces an increasing array of threats to peaceful coexistence – from climate change and conflict to poverty and disease – all of which loom over ...

Ban deplores deadly terrorist attack against civilians in north-eastern Kenya

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned a “horrific” terrorist attack in Mandera, Kenya which left over 30 people killed in the second outburst o ...

Great Lakes Envoys outraged by spate of civilian massacres in eastern DR Congo

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) A team of United Nations, African Union and other Special Envoys on the Great Lakes region have said they are “deeply outraged” by the recent spate of civilian mass ...

South Sudan: UN chief stresses support for independence and sovereignty

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has made it “categorically clear” that the United Nations has no intention of placing South Sudan under a “protectorate,” a UN sp ...

UN rights office voices alarm over increasing polarization in Egypt amid protests

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) The United Nations human rights office has voiced great concern over the unfolding events in Egypt, warning that recent developments in the country have spawned dangero ...

Violence in Iraq kills at least 1,232 people in November – UN

New York, Dec 2 (JEN) Some 1,232 people – mostly civilians – were killed by violence in Iraq in November, the top United Nations official there said on Monday as he called on Iraq’s po ...

Darfur: African Union-UN mission launches campaign against recruitment of child soldiers

New York, Dec 2 (JEN) The United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has launched a campaign throughout the western region of Sudan against the recruitment of children a ...

Deadly Boko Haram attack forces thousands to flee Nigeria for Niger – UN

New York, Nov 29 (JEN) A Boko Haram attack earlier this week on the northern Nigerian town of Dammassak left 50 people dead and forced at least 3,000 to flee to neighbouring Niger’s Diffa ...