United Nations
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Jul- 2018 -30 JulyAfrica
UN reverses plans to drawdown Somalia peacekeeping mission, extends mandate until 2019
The UN Security Council delayed a plan to draw down the peacekeeping mission in Somalia after finding Somali forces were not sufficiently trained to take over
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17 JulyAfrica
UN ‘deeply concerned’ about rising intercommunal violence in Mali, OHCHR says
The UN said it was "deeply concerned" about a surge in intercommunal violence in Mali that has killed hundreds of people since the start of the year
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2 JulyMiddle East
Fighting in southern Syria displaces 270,000 people, UN says
The number of people who have fled their homes in Syria's Daraa over the last two weeks of fighting has climbed to 270,000, the UN said
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1 JulyPeace
UN peacekeeping budget of $6.7 billion agreed
U.N. member countries on Sunday, July 1 agreed to a peacekeeping budget of just under $6.7 billion, according to diplomatic sources.
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Jun- 2018 -29 JuneAfrica
UN Security Council extends Mali peacekeeping mission
The UN Security Council unanimously renewed its peacekeeping mission in Mali for a year, urging the country to make progress toward peace
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26 JuneAfrica
UN investigation concludes Mali soldiers “executed” 12 civilians in Boulikessi
Malian soldiers deployed to the G5 Sahel Joint Force "summarily and/or arbitrarily" executed 12 civilians in retaliation for the death of one of their own, the U.N.'s Minusma mission said
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24 JuneAfrica
Canada troops arrive in Mali to join UN’s Minusma mission
An advance team of around a dozen Canadian troops arrived in Mali to join the UN's Minusma peacekeeping mission, considered the U.N.'s most dangerous
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20 JuneMiddle East
No warring party acted to protect civilians in the siege of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, UN says
Both pro-Syrian government forces attacking Eastern Ghouta and armed groups defending the besieged enclave committed what amounted to war crimes, a UN report said
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15 JuneAfrica
France, US and UK put hold on China arms deliveries to Central African Republic
France, the US and the UK put a hold on a request from Central African Republic for UN Security Council approval of weapons shipments from China
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11 JuneMiddle East
UN pulls staff from Yemen’s Hodeidah ahead of expected imminent assault
The UN has begun evacuating staff from Hodeidah ahead of an expected assault by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as the Yemeni army advances
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