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UN condemns recent attacks on aid workers around the world

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid were hit by airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, last week. Twenty people were killed, including 12 aid workers./Getty Images The UN’s top relief official has strongly condemned recent attacks on aid workers in different parts of the world, demanding that those who target humanitarians are brought to justice. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), six humanitarian workers were killed last week, in targeted violent attacks in Somalia, in two separate…

Minusca wants to reassure the security aspect of the election process

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic is awaiting the renewal of its mandate in mid-November, which since last year has included support for the electoral process. The electoral division of the mission has grown from 3 to 71 people. Since the start of the process, more than 100 special flights have been carried out, 120 tonnes of election material have been transported, 5,723 counters have been…

The UN, AU and ECCAS are finishing up their joint mission within the Central African Republic

The Joint Mission of the Secretary-Common of the United Nations for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the Commissioner for Peace and Safety of the African Union (AU), Ambassador Smail Chergui and the President of the Fee of the Central African Financial Neighborhood (ECCAS), Ambassador Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo Friday, October thirtieth. They met the President of the Republic, non secular…

The Covid-19 crisis is a severe blow to the remittances of African diasporas

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is concerned about the decline in remittances from African diasporas. With the global economic crisis, these diasporas are sending less money to the countries of origin. This year, the decline is expected to reach 21% or 18 billion. Dollars less compared to 2019. The forecasts are alarming. Transfers will go from $ 85 billion in 2019 to $ 67 billion this year. And for many families living in anticipation of the manna sent by parents who have gone “north,” this is a…

UN calls for the release of opponent Maurice Kamto

UN human rights experts are calling for the release of the main opposition leader Maurice Kamto and those arrested during protests organized by the opposition last month. In a press release, UN experts call on Yaoundé to release the president of Cameroon's Renaissance movement, Maurice Kamto, blocked in his home since Sept. 22. Officially, he is not the subject of any arrest warrant or house arrest, but according to his lawyers, he cannot leave his home. His residence is surrounded by hundreds of elements from the…

The UN worries about “hateful” remarks from certain politicians

Words that could lead to human rights violations, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Guinean campaign has been marked by tensions, with outgoing President Alpha Condé amending the constitution to allow him to run for a third term. In a statement, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called on politicians, especially candidates for election, to refrain from nurturing ethnic divisions. She notes that calls for affiliation with society are increasingly widespread and…

a new conference to try to end the war

At the initiative of Berlin, a new international conference on Libya was organized on Monday, October 5, with the same countries participating in the Berlin Conference in January last year. The aim is to follow up on Berlin and move towards a solution, but failure to apply the Berlin resolution requires caution. Sixteen countries and organizations in addition to the annual work of the Security Council in United Nations,was assembled at video conference. Among them were countries that have already participated The Berlin…

[Rapport Mapping 1/3] DRC: Tingi Tingi, the installation of the camp and the massacre

Ten years ago today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published his mapping report, a text on the most serious crimes committed in the DRC between 1993 and 2003 and especially during the two wars. of Congo. The village of Tingi Tingi, in the province of Maniema, is one of the places where some of these crimes took place: in March 1997, AFDL fighters, Alliance des forces democratiques pour la liberation du Congo - and RPA - the Rwandan patriotic army - killed Rwandans Hutu refugees there. These refugees were…