Tag: UN Africa News

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix noted that counterterrorism efforts in the region have “actually intensified”.  “We welcome the increased coordination of security players on the ground…for a more visible presence of defence and security forces in the region as well as stepped-up pressure on terrorist groups”, he said in his virtual briefing on the Joint… Read More

I was a young, recent law graduate when I first experienced the horrors of human trafficking. It was in 1998. I was working for a human rights NGO and attending a workshop in South Africa. A taxi driver told me about two girls from my home country who worked in a bar in Johannesburg. He was very concerned about them.… Read More

A better future for Africa and Mali Ms. Mohammed discussed three critical areas for building a better future for Africa and Mali during her visit: financing for sustainable development, the socio-economic response & recovery plans, and ways to improve social cohesion and community resilience, whilst protecting civilians and fighting terrorism. The ever-present use of masks by the deputy UN chief,… Read More

In recent days, the UN has been involved in multiple initiatives to avoid an escalation of the situation in Western Sahara’s Buffer Strip in the Guerguerat area, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General said in a statement issued on Friday.  According to Stéphane Dujarric, UN chief António Guterres has warned against violations of the ceasefire that was agreed upon in 1991 and the serious consequences of any changes to the status… Read More

To stem the outbreak, the Ministry of Health has formed an emergency task force comprised of the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other partners, for a quick response and to increase surveillance.  “No child anywhere should suffer from polio, a completely preventable disease”, said Olushayo Olu, WHO Representative for South Sudan.  South Sudan ?? &… Read More

“With road closed, food, health and other emergency supplies have currently no way to make it into Tigray making prepositioning or re-stocking impossible”, the UN emergency relief agency said in an update issued on Thursday.  “Telephone lines remain cut making information flow and corroboration of media reports very difficult for the humanitarian community, as well as to monitor population movement… Read More

The Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and local authorities are screening and registering people arriving in Sudan.   “We are urging Governments in the neighbouring countries to keep their borders open for people forced from their homes,” said UNHCR Regional Bureau Director Clementine Nkweta-Salami.   Rising tensions  Since 2018, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was elected and merged several… Read More

In the town of Banki, near Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed visited a camp hosting internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon.  ?UN DSG @AminaJMohammed visited Banki in #Borno, where many face hunger &malnutritionHumanitarian & development partners provide urgent assistance &rebuild infrastructure⚠️Collective actions need urgent support to meet growing needs as even… Read More

In a statement issued by his spokesperson, on Tuesday, Secretary-General António Guterres expressed shock over the reports of massacres by non-State armed groups in several villages, including reported beheading, and kidnapping of women and children.  Secretary-General @antonioguterres voices shock over ‘wanton brutality’ in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, following reports of massacres, including beaheading and kidnapping of women and children.https://t.co/HsRzwKyO4w —… Read More

Fatou Bensouda made the appeal in her briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday, just weeks after the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the rival Libyan National Army (LNA) signed the deal in Geneva under the auspices of the UN.  “This is indeed a welcome concrete development. We call on the parties to assiduously implement the agreement to usher… Read More