Michelle Nichols

Irak dice a ONU que “grupos terroristas” se han apoderado de material nuclear

August 25, 2021 at 5:38 a.m.

NACIONES UNIDAS (Reuters) - Insurgentes en Irak se apoderaron de materiales nucleares usados para investigación científica en una universidad en el norte del país, dijeron funcionarios iraquíes a Naciones Unidas...

De Mistura succeeds Brahimi as U.N. Syria mediator: diplomats

August 25, 2021 at 6:20 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) - Veteran United Nations official Staffan de Mistura, a former U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan and Iraq, will replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the international mediator seeking an...

Exclusive: U.N. experts wary of Somaliland plan for armed oil protection unit

August 25, 2021 at 5:25 a.m.

By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. experts warn that plans by Somalia's breakaway enclave Somaliland to deploy special forces to protect foreign oil companies could...

U.N. study finds peacekeepers avoid using force to protect civilians

August 25, 2021 at 5:02 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations peacekeeping missions routinely avoid using force to protect civilians who are under attack, intervening in only 20 percent of cases despite being authorized to...

Frustrated Syria mediator Brahimi to step down, U.N. seeks replacement

August 25, 2021 at 4:55 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will step down on May 31, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday, blaming an international deadlock over how to end the...

U.N. Security Council threatens action over girls’ abduction in Nigeria

August 25, 2021 at 4:51 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday expressed outrage at the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian school girls in two attacks by Islamist militants, demanding their immediate...

U.N. blacklists ex-Central African Republic president, militia leaders

August 25, 2021 at 4:49 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A United Nations Security Council committee on Friday imposed sanctions on Central African Republic's former President Fran ois Boziz (c) and two other men linked to...

Crimes against humanity by both sides in South Sudan conflict: UN

August 25, 2021 at 4:18 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations accused both government and rebel forces in South Sudan on Thursday of committing crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and other sexual violence,...

Warlord Kony hiding in disputed South Sudan enclave: U.N.

August 25, 2021 at 4:40 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Warlord Joseph Kony and some of his Lord's Resistance Army commanders are hiding in Sudanese-controlled areas of a disputed enclave in South Sudan bordering Central African...

Genocide risk in South Sudan amid personal power struggle: U.N.

August 25, 2021 at 4:33 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ethnic violence in South Sudan risks spiraling into genocide, with the country's leaders locked in a personal struggle for power, top U.N. officials said on Friday...

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