United Nations

  • Aug 1, 2022
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Killings may inflame Congo peacekeeping crisis

UN peacekeepers have reportedly killed and injured civilians amid an escalating crisis surrounding the mission

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jul 27, 2022
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Iraq’s UN resolution unlikely to be approved

Iraq demanded that Turkey withdraw its troops from the country at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council

Iraq
  • Jul 26, 2022
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Yemen’s humanitarian crisis will worsen

Presently 17 million Yemenis are acutely food insecure but international assistance only reaches 7 million

Yemen
  • Jul 26, 2022
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MONUSCO protests will compound Congo’s security crisis

Protestors have violently attacked UN peacekeeping premises in Goma, complaining of a failure to protect them

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jul 13, 2022
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Syrian humanitarian situation threatened by politics

The UN Security Council extended its humanitarian assistance into Syria from Turkey by only six months

Syria
  • Jul 7, 2022
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UN humanitarian aid to Syria will continue

Russia agreed today to extend humanitarian aid supplies through Turkey into north-west Syria for a further six months

Syria
  • Jul 1, 2022
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Drone attack puts pressure on the Yemeni truce

The Huthi launched their first drone attack on Saudi Arabia since the truce started on April 2

Yemen
  • Jun 30, 2022
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UN warning over Congo’s M23 will deepen concerns

The UN has issued a stark warning about the threat posed by the M23 rebellion in eastern Congo

Congo-Kinshasa