Conflict

New UN report depicts ‘relentless assault’ on civilians inside ISIL-controlled Syria

New York, Nov 15 (JEN) Shocking accounts of the use of terror by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to subjugate Syrians living under its control were revealed by United Nations human rights investigators on Fridaywho said the group’s “calculated use of public brutality” to spread fear routinely includes public beheading, shooting and stoning of civilians and captured fighters. more

UN mission condemns bombings in Libya, calls for accountability, dialogue

New York, Nov 14 (JEN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has strongly condemned the rising violence in eastern and western Libya, including the bombings this morning in Tr ...

Ban welcomes deal between Iraq, Kurdish region on resolving budget, oil export issues

New York, Nov 14 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon has welcomed an agreement reached between the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government aimed at finding a ...

Nigeria: UN agency reports ongoing refugee crisis amid Boko Haram threat

New York, Nov 12 (JEN): Thousands of Nigerians are escaping the deadly threat posed by the terrorist group Boko Haram and fleeing into neighbouring Cameroon, the United Nations refugee agen ...

Plan to 'freeze' conflict in Aleppo 'concrete, realistic,' says UN Syria envoy

New York, Nov 12 (JEN): The proposal to “freeze” the Syrian conflict in the besieged city of Aleppo is gaining traction, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria ...

UN envoy holds high-level talks with Syrian officials on plan to ‘freeze’ Aleppo conflict

New York, Nov 11 (JEN) In his effort to resolve the ongoing civil war in Syria and initiate peace talks between rebel forces and the Syrian Government, the Secretary-General’s Special Env ...

Libya: UN mission chief condemns Shahat attack, pledges support to end crisis

New York, Nov 11 (JEN) The top United Nations official in Libya has strongly condemned the “cowardly” attack that occurred yesterday close to where he was meeting with the country’s Pr ...

Ban, UNICEF condemn deadly suicide bombing at Nigerian school

New York, Nov 11 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the suicide bombing on Monday at a government boarding school in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Pot ...

Gaza: Ban forms independent panel to investigate recent conflict

New York, Nov 11 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the formation of an internal inquiry aimed at reviewing “certain incidents” reported at United Nations facilities ...

Gambia: UN experts prevented from completing probe into torture, killings

New York, Nov 8 (JEN): Two United Nations human rights experts were forced to suspend an integral part of their visit to The Gambia this week when they were denied access to parts of a pris ...