UNITED NATIONS, Military coups in Mali and Burkina Faso – two members of the G5-Sahel anti-militant force – are undermining the mission’s operational capacity, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.“I am deeply concerned by the rapidly deteriorati…
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Democratic Republic of Congo Crisis Thwarting Gains in Great Lakes Region, Speakers Tell Security Council, Stressing Need to End Illicit Natural Resources Trade
The security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo threatens to frustrate favourable developments in the wider Great Lakes region, the Security Council heard today, as members welcomed that country’s recent admission into the East African Comm…
70 killed, 11 injured in South Sudan violence – UNMISS
JUBA, At least 72 people have been killed and 11 wounded in a series of intercommunal conflicts in South Sudan’s Leer County of Upper Nile State, according to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).In a press release, UNMISS said it also re…
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the 10th meeting of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Facilitation Council – 26 April 2022
Your Excellency Mathume Phaahla,Excellencies, dear colleagues and friendsWhen the COVID-19 pandemic started more than two years ago, we responded by setting up the ACT Accelerator to help deliver vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics equitably.Two yea…
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the 10th meeting of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Facilitation Council – 26 April 2022
Your Excellency Mathume Phaahla,Excellencies, dear colleagues and friendsWhen the COVID-19 pandemic started more than two years ago, we responded by setting up the ACT Accelerator to help deliver vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics equitably.Two yea…
Somalia: At least six killed in Mogadishu attack near beach
MOGADISHU, Six people have been killed in a blast at a seaside restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, an ambulance service official said.The Pescatore Seafood Restaurant, which opened recently in the south of the city, was frequented by security a…