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Italy Govt, IEP, UNICEF hold peace workshops for Libyan Youth

TRIPOLI, Libya, March 20, 2018/ -- Over the next four weeks, 180 Libyan youth will participate in workshops for promoting…

7 years ago

Unlawful, unjustified use of force against protestors in DR Congo – UN report

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 19, 2018/ -- The right to freedom of peaceful assembly was severely restricted and often violently suppressed…

7 years ago

HRC holds interactive dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 14, 2018/ -- The Human Rights Council on March 13, 2018 held an interactive dialogue with the…

7 years ago

Niger: UN expert on internally displaced persons to conduct first official visit

United Nations Special Rapporteur Cecilia Jimenez-Damary will undertake her first official visit to Niger from 19 to 24 March 2018…

7 years ago

Situation in Burundi ‘not suitable’ for credible elections – UN official

Source: UN News Centre The overall political situation, along with the Government’s decision to revise the Constitution, has hampered economic…

7 years ago

Security Council press statement on Somalia

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the two terrorist attacks of 23 February 2018 in…

7 years ago

United Nations Mission in South Sudan acts on allegations of sexual exploitation against formed police unit

JUBA, South Sudan, February 26, 2018/ -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has recalled a unit of police…

7 years ago

Four drown as boat capsizes in Lake Albert while fleeing violence-hit Congo for Uganda

More than 22,000 desperate Congolese refugees crossed Lake Albert to Uganda last week, with four drowning when their boat capsized,…

7 years ago

UN launches $1 bn appeal as N.E. Nigeria’s Boko Haram crisis marks its 9th year

Source: UN News Centre With the crisis in north-east Nigeria – a region devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency –…

7 years ago

300 child soldiers released by armed groups in South Sudan

Source: UN News Centre Some 300 child soldiers, including 87 girls, were formally released by armed groups in South Sudan,…

7 years ago

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