Libya asks for more international help to carry out elections
On July 21st Emad Al-Sayeh, head of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in Libya, met with Stephanie Koury, Deputy...
The United Nations
Trump withdraws US from UNESCO over ‘anti-Israel’ views
The United States once again withdraws from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), accusing the agency of promoting...
UN calls on Libya to investigate MP’s kidnapping six years on
On July 17th, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) marked exactly six years since the disappearance of a...
Israeli settlers accused of killing sheep in the West Bank
Palestinian Bedouins have accused Israeli settlers on July 18th of killing 117 sheep during a raid and stealing hundreds of...
The UN is not giving up the lengthy fight for Libyan elections
On July 14th, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) launched a new initiative of public opinion surveys to...
UN: 875 Palestinians killed near Gaza aid centres
At least 875 Palestinians have been killed in a six-week period near Gaza aid sites, with the majority being in...
France, Germany and the UK warn Iran of August sanctions
France, the UK, and Germany will work to restore sanctions against Iran by the end of August if no significant...
Sudan refugees in Libya to run out of food by autumn, says UN
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent warning that in two months time they will run...
Libya: eastern government calls for UN’s departure from nation
The head of the government in eastern Libya, Osama Hammad, has called for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya...
UN to present a new roadmap to solve the Libya crisis in August
On June 24th, Hanna Tetteh, the United Nations Special Representative for Libya, announced that she will present a political roadmap...
UN official warns risk of genocide in Sudan is ‘very high’
The risk of genocide occurring in Sudan’s destructive civil war remains “very high”, a top United Nations official warned on...
UN condemns Israeli assault on Gaza as unconscionable
The United Nations Human Rights Chief has firmly condemned Israeli assaults on Gaza, describing the devastation as “unconscionable,” Middle East...
Kenya: starvation sets in at refugee camps after USAID cuts
Funding cuts to food rations in Kenya have pushed hundreds of thousands of people to the edge of starvation, according...
UN’s push for unconditional Gaza ceasefire vetoed by US
The United States has vetoed the draft resolution of the UN security council urging for a ceasefire deal that is...
Rwandan refugees who fled 1994 genocide return from Congo
Rwandan refugees who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since fleeing the 1994 genocide were finally...
