Amid renewed violence in Somalia's Gaalkacyo, UN envoy urges respect for ceasefire agreement
New York, Dec 24 (Just Earth News): Expressing concern over renewed violence in the Somali city of Gaalkacyo, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the country, Michael Keating, has called on all parties to honor the ceasefire agreement.
Central African Republic: After standoff, UN force detains 10 armed men, recovers weapons cache
New York, Aug 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has reported that after a standoff with a convoy of heavily-armed men near Sibut, the capital of Kémo Prefecture, UN forces detained 10 of the suspects and recovered a “significant quantity†of weapons and munitions.
Central African Republic: After standoff, UN force detains 10 armed men, recovers weapons cache
New York, Aug 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has reported that after a standoff with a convoy of heavily-armed men near Sibut, the capital of Kémo Prefecture, UN forces detained 10 of the suspects and recovered a “significant quantity†of weapons and munitions.
New York, July 9 (Just Earth News): The Central African Republic’s (CAR) considerable progress over the past two years risks being reversed unless national authorities demonstrated commitment to inclusive and transparent governance, and to addressing the root causes of the crisis afflicting the country, the United Nations peacekeeping chief warned on Friday.
UN rights chief warns of violence re-escalating in Central African Republic
New York, July 4 (Just Earth News):The United Nations human rights chief on Monday warned that the security and human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) may be starting to deteriorate again, after a series a major incidents in the capital of Bangui and rural areas.
Violence, use of teargas at Greek border 'matter of great worry' – UN refugee agency
New York, Apr 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency on Monday expressed concern about yesterday's violence at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near Eidomeni and the extensive scenes of teargas in use.
'Alarming' new patterns of violations emerging in Burundi: UN rights chief
New York, Jan 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations human rights chief on Friday warned that deeply worrying new trends are emerging in crisis-torn Burundi, including cases of sexual violence by security forces and a sharp increase in enforced disappearances and torture cases.
Alarming outbreak of violence in new area of South Sudan uproots 15,000: UN
New York, Jan 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Fighting between armed groups and Government soldiers and an apparent breakdown in law and order in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, with hundreds of houses burned down or looted, has uprooted 15,000 people over the past five weeks, and 500 a day are now pouring into Uganda, the United Nations refugee agency reported on Friday.