The Democratic Republic of Congo has called for the spokesman of the UN peacekeeping force in the country to leave as soon as possible. The foreign ministry accused Mathias Gillmann of making “indelicate and inopportune statements”. Last week, the UN force, known as Monusco, became the focus of violent protests …
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The UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has mourned as a “true pioneer” Ghana’s first female brigadier general, Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu, who died on Monday. Mr Guterres paid tribute to Brig Gen Edjeani-Afenu for making history in peacekeeping as the first female deputy force commander of a UN mission in Western …
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The UN has condemned the killing of civilians in cattle raids at Jonglei state in eastern South Sudan and called for an investigation into the matter. The UN’s peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says armed youth from Murle community carried out attacks and cattle raids in Dungrut and Machined …
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The UN peacekeepers carried out on Saturday an operation in which they succeeded in expelling 200 elements of the Unity for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC) in the locality of Boyo. “The arrival of the Nepalese and Mauritanian battalions of the Minusca Forces to reinforce the strength of …
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The UN mission in South Sudan has urged the unity government to urgently resolve a fresh conflict in the Tambura area of Western Equatoria state. On Monday, there were reports of sporadic shooting between groups there. The UN’s peacekeeping mission, Unmiss, says this has endangered the lives of civilians and …
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