United Nations
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:27
In a bid to improve its image in eastern Congo, the UN is for the first time fighting alongside the Congolese army against M23 rebels. However, MONUSCO's new strategy has reportedly cost the lives of two civilians.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:23
A Rwandan woman has been killed and a baby wounded in shelling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a Rwandan official has said.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:21
The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) will establish a presence in Kismayo to support the new Jubba Interim Administration, Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Somalia and Head of UNSOM, has announced.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:17
The fighting has drawn in UN troops from Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania who are now fighting alongside the DRC army.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:15
United Nations forces and the Congolese army have attacked rebel positions with helicopter gunships, armoured personnel carriers and a large number of ground troops, ramping up the UN's engagement in the latest rebellion to hit the country's eastern region.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 13:30
The Syrian government on Wednesday asked the United Nations to keep its team of weapons inspectors in Damascus beyond their Sunday deadline, a request that could complicate the timeline for a widely expected U.S. military strike.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:42
Last Wednesday, in the hours after a horrific chemical attack east of Damascus, an official at the Syrian Ministry of Defense exchanged panicked phone calls with a leader of a chemical weapons unit, demanding answers for a nerve agent strike.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:21
Russian leaders, increasingly convinced that the West is preparing for imminent military action in Syria, kept up a barrage of criticism Tuesday over what they claim will be a potentially "catastrophic" intervention into a sovereign state.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 09:49
“The Georgian side is ready to start consultations with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations [DPKO] to identify the fields of our eventual involvement in operations,” the Georgian MoD said.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:50
The head of the United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday that Syria could be on the “verge of the abyss” as aid workers brace for a likely increase in the nearly 2 million refugees who have already fled the country’s civil war.