Conflict
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New York, Jan 4 (JEN): United Nations peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have stepped up patrols in North Kivu province where citizens are protesting the killing of a high-ranking Congolese military official, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday. more
South Sudan: UN urges parties to ensure humanitarian access

New York, Jan 4 (JEN): The situation in crisis-torn South Sudan remains tense on Friday and, with clashes reported between pro- and anti-Government troops in some areas and thousands of peop ...

CAR violence displaces nearly 1 million: UN

New York, Jan 4 (JEN): The humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains dire with insecurity hampering the delivery of aid to the more than 935,000 people displaced b ...

Mogadishu: Ban reaffirms help to end Al-Shabaab threat

New York, Jan 3 (JEN): Appalled by the deadly bomb attacks carried out in Mogadishu Wednesday, for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and UN ...

Lebanon: UN seeks restraint following bombing in Beirut

New York, Jan 3 (JEN): The United Nations on Thursday called on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint following the second deadly car bomb attack in less than a week, and to support the a ...

UN urges sustained support for millions displaced by violence

New York, Jan 3 (JEN): An unprecedented number of people are beginning 2014 either internally displaced or as refugees, the United Nations humanitarian chief warned on Thursday, urging susta ...

UN urges Cambodia manufacturers to resolve dispute

New York, Jan 1 (JEN): Concerned about ongoing protests in Cambodia which have virtually shut down the garment industry, the United Nations labour agency on Tuesday called for an end to vio ...

UN condemns attacks on key sites in DR Congo

New York, Jan 1 (JEN): The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deplored the attacks carried out on Monday on the headquarters of the Congolese Armed F ...

Syria: UN decries indiscriminate attacks in Aleppo

New York, Jan 1 (JEN): The top United Nations humanitarian official on Tuesday expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where hundreds of people hav ...

UNSC condemns deadly attack against Darfur peacekeepers

New York, Dec 31 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack on a United Nations-African Union convoy in Sudan’s Darfur region ...