Sudan and UAE trade accusations over 17-month war, with Khartoum claiming paramilitary is being armed by Abu Dhabi
Sudanese Ambassador Al-Harith Mohamed accused the UAE of providing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), known as the RAF, with heavy weapons, missiles and ammunition – and of “profiting from this war through the illegal exploitation of gold.”
Top UN official expressses serious concern about scale of killing, displacement in Sudan in 17 months
On Friday, UN-backed human rights investigators urged the creation of an “independent and impartial force” to protect civilians, blaming both sides for war crimes including murder, mutilation and torture.
UN Security Council plans to extend Kenyan-led MSS mission in Haiti, commute it to peacekeeping
The UN Secuirity Council would have to eventually vote on a separate resolution if they want to formally transition the mission into a formal UN peacekeeping operation in Haiti. Such a move would ensure funding for the mission.
Haiti’s transitional government and international partners must commit to helping women, girls
Discrimination against women and girls has always been a feature of Haitian society, including as a legacy of abuse towards Black women’s bodies born of colonialism and enslavement. Women and girls face added barriers to education, accessing funds and resources, and participating in the formal economy. They have been kept out of positions of authority and political leadership.
As Kenyan police in Haiti lament about salaries and equipment, US is planning UN peacekeeping force to fight gangs
The US is mulling a UN peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top US diplomat said on Wednesday. Brian A. Nichols, US assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, spoke hours...
Demoralised Kenyan police contigent in Haiti questions salary delays, slow equipment delivery
While the United States has contributed $369 million in money, equipment and services, a UN fund only has about $68 million, leaving it over $150 million short of the estimated $589 million needed for the first year’s operations.
Despite free prevention South Africa still records one of highest HIV infection rates in the world
The data in Gauteng shows that many of the women who gave birth this year to children with HIV did so in government-run health clinics where the free HIV testing and treatment is available.
Four months before UN peacekeepers leave Congo Kenya sends in fourth quick reaction force
Since independence in 1963 Kenya has been active in numerous peacekeeping missions under the auspices of the UN, earning a reputation for professionalism and effective execution, according to the statement.
No respite for Haitians as gangs take war to under-equipped national, Kenyan police deployed by UN
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and live in precarious conditions in displacement camps.
Haiti army wants to takeover mantle of fighting gangs to cover gaps created by delayed deployment of UN multination force
Haiti’s government has not said how many soldiers it aims to hire nor how many have applied so far, but documents published online by the defence ministry show that at least 3,000 people were selected in mid-August and asked to submit documents as they await physical and mental tests.
