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The UN Security Council on Wednesday “condemned in the strongest terms” a terrorist attack on Tuesday against the camp of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Gao, North Mali, during which one Chinese peacekeeper was killed. “The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest …
Read More »UN seeks more troops in Mali amid rising attacks
The UN Security Council will be working on recommendations on capacity building for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) as well as increasing its troop levels, said Francois Delattre, president of the Security Council for June. Delattre, also French Ambassador to the UN, said the recent attacks in Mali …
Read More »EU urges UNSC to enforce Libya arms embargo
The European Union (EU) on Monday asked the UN Security Council to authorize EU’s naval forces in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya. Federica Mogherini, high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy, asked the 15-nation council to adopt a resolution on authorizing …
Read More »S Sudan resumes talks with Sudan
South Sudan resumed talks with Sudan on Sunday on a raft of thorny issues, including borders and oil revenues, still outstanding from its 2011 secession. The south’s foreign affairs, defence, interior and oil ministers travelled to Khartoum for the talks…the first since a unity government was formed in Juba last …
Read More »Libya's PM says victory over ISIS is near
The prime minister of Libya’s UN-backed government said in comments published on Sunday that “total victory” against the Islamic State group in its main Libyan stronghold was near as forces closed in on the coastal city of Sirte. Fayez al-Serraj told France’s the Journal du Dimanche newspaper that his government …
Read More »British peacekeepers arrive in South Sudan
A UN spokesperson says that the first of 379 British troops have arrived in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to serve in a United Nations peacekeeping mission (Unmiss). Ariane Quentier, spokesperson for the UN mission in South Sudan, said a five-person advance team landed on Friday while the rest will begin …
Read More »Kenya faces legal action over Dadaab closure
The Kenyan government’s plan to close the world’s largest refugee camp violates international law and is unconstitutional, a Kenyan rights watchdog said Monday, asking a court to intervene. Nairobi vowed last month to shut down the sprawling Dadaab camp on the Kenya-Somalia border, home to about 350 000 people, on …
Read More »50 000 flee Boko Haram attacks in Niger
About 50 000 people have fled a town in Niger’s troubled southeast after deadly attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The attacks began Friday against a military post in Bosso in Niger’s Diffa region, killing 26 soldiers including two from neighbouring Nigeria. “An estimated 50 …
Read More »Republic of Congo troops killed 18 in CAR
Republic of Congo soldiers killed at least 18 people, including women and children, while serving as African Union and United Nations peacekeepers in Central African Republic between December 2013 and June 2015, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. The group urged the Republic of Congo to investigate the crimes and …
Read More »Libya violence escalates with hundreds killed in recent attacks
Two of Libya’s unity government soldiers were killed and 12 others were injured on Thursday in a suicide attack by ISIS near the city of Sirte, media office of the presidential guards said. The attack took place as the soldiers were advancing into Sirte with heavy artillery and air force, …
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