Mali
BAMAKO/GENEVA, 6 July 2012 - UNICEF today expressed grave concern over the situation in northern Mali, where evidence shows children are being killed or injured by explosive devices and recruited into armed groups amid reports of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 3 more
CS/10693 Conseil de sécurité 6796e séance – matin Le Conseil de sécurité a accueilli, aujourd’hui, avec satisfaction l’élaboration de la stratégie régionale des Nations Unies visant à répondre à la menace que représente l’Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA)…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 3 more
SC/10693 Security Council 6796th Meeting (AM) Members Hear Briefing by Special Representative Of Secretary-General, African Union Chair’s Special Envoy on LRA Issues Demanding an immediate end to the atrocities perpetrated by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Central Africa, the…
Mauritania + 1 more
Highlights UNICEF, with the other agencies of the UN system and partners, is supporting the Government of Mauritania to respond to a double emergency. A nutrition crisis is affecting 700,000 food insecure people, and over 74,000 refugees…
Mali
Highlights Now in the height of the lean season, the worst is yet to come for children in Mali. While 4.6 million Malians face food insecurity this year, 385,000 children under five years old are at risk…
Côte d'Ivoire
Duékoué, le 28 juin 2012... L’Opération des Nations Unies en Cote d’Ivoire (ONUCI) et le Fonds des Nations unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF), le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Refugiés (UNHCR) et le Fonds des…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 more
SC/10687 Security Council 6792nd Meeting (AM) The Security Council this afternoon decided to extend until 30 June 2013 the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), reaffirming its priority of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 4 more
The success of a new United Nations strategy against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) would depend on the willingness of all the actors to support and implement the proposed actions, correspondents were told today at a…
Mali + 2 more
Another food crisis in the Sahel has put 18 million people at risk. Armed conflict in Mali has now compounded the situation, forcing more than 180,000 people to flee to neighboring countries. These refugees are arriving…
Rwanda + 1 more
KIZIBA REFUGEE CAMP, Rwanda, June 25 (UNHCR) – The cases of rape and other sexual violence in Kiziba refugee camp are falling, but the physical and emotional consequences are immense when they do occur. The culture…
