Conflict
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New York, Dec 27 (JEN): The United Nations hopes to have peacekeeping reinforcements on the ground in strife-torn South Sudan within the next 48 hours, including both troops and critical assets such as helicopters, as it seeks to protect civilians in a conflict that is already estimated to have claimed well over 1,000 lives, the top UN official in the country said on Thursday. more
Ban urges Egyptians to find common ground

New York, Dec 26 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the deadly terrorist attack that took place on Tuesday on the police headquarters in Mansoura, Egypt, whil ...

Ban urges peaceful end to conflict in South Sudan

New York, Dec 26 (JEN): In an appeal broadcast in South Sudan on Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon renewed his call on its leaders to settle their differences peaceful ...

UN seeks more aid for Central African Republic

New York, Dec 25 (IBNS): The United Nations voiced increasing concern Tuesday for the security of 710,000 people uprooted by conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) amid difficulty o ...

Ban calls for restraint amid latest violence in Israel

New York, Dec 25 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday voiced concern about the escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, and called for maximum restraint ...

UN urges South Sudan to curb escalating violence

New York, Dec 25 (JEN): Amid ethnically targeted killings, arbitrary detentions, rising displacement and now the discovery of mass graves, the United Nations human rights chief Tuesday urge ...

UNSC doubles peacekeeping force in South Sudan

New York, Dec 25 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Tuesday authorized almost doubling the United Nations peacekeeping force in strife-torn South Sudan to nearly 14,000 in th ...

UN voices concern over CAR atrocities

New York, Dec 24 (JEN): Urgent national and international action is crucial to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from plunging into full-scale sectarian conflict and protect civili ...

South Sudan: Ban proposes reinforcing UN peacekeepers

New York, Dec 24 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called a crisis meeting of his top advisers on the deteriorating situation in South Sudan Monday and proposed reinforcin ...

South Sudan: Ban seeks end to escalating violence

New York, Dec 23 (JEN): Amid escalating tensions and deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the country Sunday announced that it has begun rel ...