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The Secretary-General condemns yesterday’s ambush on United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. Two peacekeepers, from Gabon and Morocco, serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission…

In the northwest of the Central African Republic, the threat of the 3Rs (Retour, Reclamation, Rehabilitation) and other armed groups is once again hanging over the prefecture of Ouham-Pendé. In Bocaranga, peacekeepers from…

One day after a rebel attack at PK12 on the outskirts of Bangui, the MINUSCA Force Commander General Daniel Sidiki Traoré paid a visit to several local neighbourhoods on 14 January 2021. A peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed…

Baidoa – A delegation of United Nations officials visited Somalia’s South West State today to discuss ways in which the world body can assist the Federal Member State in a range of areas in 2021. “It’s the first of our visits…

NANGARHAR – Looking to promote dialogue and contribute to local peace, peace centre members of Nangarhar University have been engaging communities in the country’s east. During 2020, the United Nations supported a series of…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attacks by unidentified armed combatants on Central African national defense and security forces, and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attacks by unidentified armed combatants on Central African national defense and security forces, and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the…

West Africa and the Sahel region continues to suffer from multiple challenges, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, that are plunging most countries of the region into recession and leading them to a diversion of resources…

West Africa and the Sahel region continues to suffer from multiple challenges, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, that are plunging most countries of the region into recession and leading them to a diversion of resources…

NEW YORK - Mette Knudsen was appointed today by the Secretary-General as his new Deputy Special Representative (Political) for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Ms. Knudsen succeeds…