Military chiefs at three UN missions in Africa and the Middle East have shared how they are protecting peacekeepers from COVID-19 while also fulfilling their mandates in rapidly changing environments.
A UN human rights expert has welcomed reconciliation initiatives launched in central Mali by traditional and religious leaders, civil society members and the local authorities.
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for “calm and restraint”, following violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Mali’s capital Bamako.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, along with the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali, condemned the recent clashes in Kidal between forces of The Platform Movement and those of the Coordination of movements of Azawad, both of which are signatories to the country's peace agreement.
The escalating fighting and displacement of people in Mali and neighbouring countries is exacerbating the Sahel’s chronic food crisis, says Christian Aid.