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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 Forces and of the National Radio and Television Company, as well as the international airport in the capital, Kinshasa. more
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 ...

UN peacekeepers in DR Congo on alert after clashes

New York, Dec 31 (JEN): United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on alert on Monday amid ongoing clashes between Government forces and unidentified arme ...

CAR: UN concerned over attacks against children

New York, Dec 31 (JEN): Attacks against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have sunk to a “vicious new low,” the United Nations children’s agency warned on Monday, saying ...

UNSC strongly condemns second terrorist attack in Russia

New York, Dec 31 (JEN): Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) said they are “outraged” by Monday’s terrorist attack targeting a bus in Volgograd, Russia, that caused n ...

South Sudan: UN moves on peacekeeping fronts to staunch fighting

New York, Dec 31 (JEN): The United Nations moved on the diplomatic and military fronts on Monday to douse the flames of conflict in South Sudan, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging th ...

Ban condemns attack at Russian train station

New York, Dec 30 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council (UNSC) strongly condemned the terrorist attack that occurred at the central train station o ...

Darfur: Ban deplores latest attack on UN envoy

New York, Dec 30 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday strongly condemned a “cowardly” attack on a convoy of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in ...

UN: South Sudan does not need escalation of crisis

New York, Dec 30 (JEN): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan on Sunday voiced concern about reports of large numbers of armed youths moving towards the Jonglei state capit ...