Situation deteriorates for UN forces at Gok Machar in South Sudan
Council President Martin Kimani expressed grave concern over developments in Gok Machar, including threats to the safety and security of peacekeepers
Africa
Four African countries upgrade chemical incident response skills
The event was conducted by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in partnership with the Population Protection Institute of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic.
UN express concern about impasse among Somalia’s leaders on polls model
The members of the Security Council emphasised that ongoing disagreement over the electoral model is not only undoing this hard-earned progress but is also diverting attention from pressing problems such as floods, drought, desert locusts, the COVID-19 pandemic, and combatting the terrorist threat of Al-Shabaab
Political upheaval, escalating security issue concerns in Mali
The proliferation of illicit small arms and a surge of inter-communal violence propelled civilian displacement, making women and girls more vulnerable to trafficking.
Migration crisis, armed groups fragmentation big threats in Libya: UN
Climate of insecurity has allowed transnational smugglers, traffickers and armed groups to perpetrate rape, sexual harassment of detainees and trafficking of migrants and asylum seekers with impunity
