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UN mission says Bangladeshi peacekeepers bodies repatriated
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN Interim Security Force for Abyei on Friday said that the bodies of 6 UN peacekeepers killed in a drone attack on the camp in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, last weekend were transported to Bangladesh.…
UNSC renews peacekeeping mission in eastern DRC, cites M23 offensives
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS -UN Security Council on Friday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a year, as fighting in eastern intensified after renewed offensives…
IOM warns Kordofan El-Obeid a step away from being attacked
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan Mohamed Refaat,on Friday said that as fighting escalates in Sudan, “people are scared, people are fleeing their homes”, noted that over 50,000 people have been uprooted since…
UN Mission condemns death of staff member in South Sudan, calls for swift probe
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN Mission in South Sudan called on Friday for an investigation into the death of one of its staff members in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal state in South Sudan.
UNMISS stated that the staff member was…
Guterres urges calm over killing of protest leader trigger unrest in Bangladesh
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday has urged calm in Bangladesh after the killing of a prominent youth protest leader triggered fresh unrest, raised concerns about political violence and the safety of…
UN marks International Migrants Day, celebrate contributions, highlight challenges
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS –International Organization for Migration published a report on Thursday on the International Migrants Day stated that Venezuelans living in other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean contribute more…
UN interim mission to evacuate Kadugli base in Sudan
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN Interim Security Force for Abyei on Thursday said that it will evacuate its logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, in the wake of the “heinous attack” this past weekend that killed 6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers…
WFP says access to food improves, living conditions remain dire in Gaza
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS –World Food Programme representative in Palestine on Thursday said that facilities that are back up and running again, a pregnant woman in Gaza thought she might lose her child because of malnourishment but…
Top officials warns relief aid needs remain high despite reduced violence in Syria
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - Head of UN political affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Joyce Msuya, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator on Thursday briefed the members of the UN Security Council stated that humanitarian needs in Syria remain…
UN rights chief warns civilians at risk as Thailand-Cambodia conflict escalated
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Thursday that intensifying air strikes and heavy artillery fire across Thailand and Cambodia have left civilians increasingly at risk,
“I am…