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UN ends political mission in Sudan


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With 14 votes in favour, United Nations security council voted to terminate the mandate of the UN transition mission in Sudan (UNITAMS). The draft resolution requests the mission to "immediately start", on 4th December, the cessation of…

Humanitarian crisis worsens in eastern DRC-UN


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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) express grave concern over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the eats of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fighting against armed groups and government forces have…

Senegal opens UN regional headquarters


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President Macky Sall has inaugurated the United Nations regional headquarters that will house all UN operations in Senegal. The ceremony was attended by the presidential couple of Romania on an official visit to Senegal. The United…

UN mission hands over 9th base to Malian authorities


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The UN mission in Mali has announced that it had left its camp 80 kilometres off the city of Gao in the north as part of its complete withdrawal from the terrorism plagued west African country. This closure is the ninth among the twelve…

UN warns of soaring violence in Sudan


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Violence against civilians in Sudan is "verging on pure evil," a senior United Nations official warned, as a humanitarian crisis in the country worsens and ethnic violence escalates in the western region of Darfur. A war erupted 15th…

Sustainable Development: Business Leaders launch new collaboration with the UN


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Top business executives from the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance have launched a new phase of collaborations with the United Nations to spearhead the private sector’s support to the UN Secretary-General’s…

West African Bloc, UNHCR Sign Refugee Protection Pact


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The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, have signed an agreement to strengthen their collaboration in protecting refugees, the stateless and internally…

Sudan: UN calls for more humanitarian aid


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The United Nations has summoned the governments of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar, as well as the European Union and the African Union, calling for increased support for humanitarian action as Sudan's neighbours face a constant influx of…

UN Women and Partners Collaborate to Address Gender Issues


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The United Nations Women and Nigeria's Ministry of Women Affairs have launched the Quarterly Zonal Coordination Mechanism Meeting for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women for states in Nigeria's North-Central region. The meeting…

Russia vetoes UN resolution to extend sanctions in Mali


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Russian vetoed a United Nations Security Council proposal to extend sanctions on Mali which is run by a military junta. Thirteen of the council's 15 members backed the draft resolution led by Mali's former colonial power France and the…