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KABUL – With Afghanistan facing increasing challenges due to the impacts of climate change, a series of discussions has brought together experts and stakeholders to explore strategies and solutions for building resilience. As…

New-York, 16 October 2023 - Staying in peacekeeping. Our peacekeeping mission in Mali – MINUSMA - announced that today it started withdrawing troops from the northern camps in the Kidal region, starting with bases in Tessalit…

New York – The United Nations is gravely concerned about heightened tensions and increasing armed presence in Northern Mali, which are likely to impede the timely and orderly departure of the United Nations Multidimensional…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN) are closely following the progress towards Liberia’s presidential and legislative elections scheduled to take place on 10 October 2023. The…

In a move marking the drawdown of MINUSMA personnel, 116 Senegalese peacekeepers were repatriated from Mopti Camp on 20 September. The larger withdrawal picture reveals that 97 military staff officers (MSOs), 2,583 members of…

NEW YORK - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the full text of the Security Council briefing by SRSG…

The significant role played by the Bangladesh Air Force in supporting air operations for MINUSMA, the UN peace mission in Mali, has been a testament to the nation's commitment to peace and stability on a global scale. Their…

Mogadishu – At a United Nations-backed gathering in the Somali capital today, young activists highlighted the severe impact of climate change on Somalia and called for more effective action to combat the negative impacts of…

As MINUSMA's drawdown deadline of December 31, 2023, approaches, rigorous environmental assessments have become standard practice at all camps before they are restituted to the Malian state. The most recent assessment at the…

Mogadishu – A two-day symposium which brought together people from different parts of Somali society concluded in Mogadishu today with a call for more to be done to expand Somalia’s civic space. “Civil society organisations…