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The UN castigated on Monday 19, August 19, “inadmissible” violence on Monday 19, which are generalized against humanitarian workers, including 280 were killed worldwide in 2023. An outburst of trivialized violence. “The normalization of violence against humanitarian workers and the fact that no one accounts are unacceptable, inadmissible and extremely …

While the death toll from landslides in Ethiopia on Tuesday was below 200, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said the toll could rise to 500. Heavy rains triggered a landslide burying people in the Gofa Zone of southern Ethiopia on Sunday night and a …

The U.N. peacekeeping mission has suspended flights in Congo’s North-Kivu province following an attack on its helicopter last Friday, Reuters reported citing the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) and a World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson on Monday. Flights between the provincial capital Goma and eastern cities of Beni and …

The group that led protests in the uprising that toppled Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir said on Friday it was refusing to meet with Volker Perthes, the UN Special Representative to Sudan, Reuters agency reports. In a statement on Twitter, the Sudanese Professionals Association announces its refusal to meet Mr. …

The United Nations said on Monday it was starting consultations with Sudanese political parties in a bid to save the country’s transition to democracy after a military coup. U.N. special representative Volker Perthes said officials were contacting parties to look for a way forward, and the army had raised no …

The United Nations said it is concerned over people returning to the restive northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado as it is still unclear whether the ongoing military operation has reduced jihadist groups’ capacity to stage attacks there. The caution by the UN’s Department of Safety and Security comes at …

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 …

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the international community to unite to “remove the terrorist threat” in Afghanistan after the capture of Kabul by the Taliban. After successfully driving out the Afghan president, the Taliban now have control of the country. Concerned, Antonio Guterres, the UN …

UN human rights experts say staggering levels of violence continue in South Sudan. In their latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, the experts say the last few months have seen an intensification of violence, with hundreds of civilians killed or displaced. South Sudan has a government of national …

Heavy gunfire has been reported in Somali capital, Mogadishu, as a group of opposition leaders defied a government ban on public gatherings and held protests. Security forces have closed most roads in the city over the planned protests. The opposition parties want President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to leave office after …