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United Nations To End Worldwide Poverty By 2030

United Nations To End Worldwide Poverty By 2030

Jubilant UN member states on Sunday put the finishing touches to a hugely ambitious roadmap aimed at wiping out poverty worldwide by 2030 and taking on climate change. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lauded the hard-fought agreement, saying it “encompasses a universal, transformative and integrated agenda that heralds an historic turning point for our world.” […]

Zambian Army UN Peacemakers Ship Equipment to the Central African Republic

Zambian Army UN Peacemakers Ship Equipment to the Central African Republic

The Zambian Army is currently busy with the shipment of equipment and supplies through the port of Walvis Bay to the Central African Republic (CAR) where the country is part taking in the UN peacekeeping mission. Zambia deployed a contingent of 500 peacekeeping troops to the Central African Republic. The troops have been drawn from […]

Uganda’s Museveni Slams UN For Failing To Take On Rebels

Uganda’s Museveni Slams UN For Failing To Take On Rebels

Uganda’s president on Friday accused United Nations peacekeepers of failing to disarm rebels in the east of neighbouring Congo and said his army should be allowed to hunt them down instead. In an Eid message, President Yoweri Museveni alleged the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) allowed Ugandan Islamist group the Allied […]

UN: South Sudan army raped girls and burned them alive

UN: South Sudan army raped girls and burned them alive

The UN has accused South Sudan’s army of raping and then burning girls alive inside their homes during its recent campaign, a report by its mission in the country said. The statement, published on Tuesday, warned the recent upsurge in fighting had been marked by a “new brutality and intensity”. “The scope and level of […]

Zimbabwe’s Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the head of HeForShe

Zimbabwe’s Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the head of HeForShe

HeForShe, the global solidarity movement calling upon men and boys to help women achieve gender equality, took the world by storm when it launched a mere eight months ago. Initiated by UN women and launched by ambassador Emma Watson, the campaign was grounded in the idea that gender equality is an issue that affects all […]

UN Mediator in Burundi Crisis Talks Quits

UN Mediator in Burundi Crisis Talks Quits

The UN special envoy Said Djinnit has quit his role mediating crisis talks between the government and opposition parties in Burundi. The move follows accusations that he was biased toward the government’s interests. UN special envoy to the Great Lakes region of Burundi Said Djinnit has quit his role as mediator between the Burundian government, […]

UN’s Failure to Complete Decolonization of Western Sahara Criticized

UN’s Failure to Complete Decolonization of Western Sahara Criticized

Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar on Tuesday slammed UN’s failure to complete the decolonization process in Western Sahara, criticizing the attempts by some great powers, in complicity with Moroccan occupation, to thwart the task of the United Nations for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), on the ground since 20 years. Speaking at the opening […]

South Sudan Expels Top UN Humanitarian Coordinator

South Sudan Expels Top UN Humanitarian Coordinator

South Sudan has decided to expel the world body’s top humanitarian official based in the conflict-torn nation, according to the UN, which called on the government to immediately reverse its decision. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the move by the Juba government to expel the UK’s Toby Lanzer, deputy head of the UN Mission in South […]

The UN’s Fight Against Youth Radicalization

The UN’s Fight Against Youth Radicalization

Djamel was still in high school when he was radicalized. It was 1991. Algeria’s military had just annulled the country’s general election fearing the establishment of a theocratic state after the Islamic Salvation Front won the first round of voting. As violent protests erupted on the streets, the country steadily descended into civil conflict and […]

Civilians Killed As Fighting Intensifies in South Sudan Oil Region

Civilians Killed As Fighting Intensifies in South Sudan Oil Region

The UN has said that four civilians were killed during fighting between South Sudanese rebels and soldiers. The deaths come during a particular spike in civil war violence in South Sudan. Four civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed when mortar fire struck a UN compound in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission […]

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