News from our Missions
From 3 to 9 Oct, UNOAU in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), provided technical support to the AU and the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) in the design…
“I vehemently condemn this morning’s multi-front assault against Israeli towns and cities near the Gaza Strip, and barrage of rockets reaching across central Israel by Hamas militants. These events have resulted in horrific…
Dakar, 06 October 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, today concluded a two-day working visit to…
“I condemn today’s attack by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property in the town of Huwwara in occupied West Bank. I'm outraged by the continued incitement, provocations, and lack of accountability for these…
TRIPOLI- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya received yesterday evening an official memorandum from the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives Agila Saleh that included the approved electoral laws. The…
From 5 to 6 October, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) along with Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), held the 8 th Informal Joint Seminar (IJS) and the 17th Joint Annual…
The African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and the Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held their seventeenth (17 th) Annual Joint Consultative Meeting at the African Union Headquarters in Addis…
On 6 October, the AUC convened the First Quadripartite Meeting of the Chiefs of Defence (CDFs) of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the East African Community (EAC), the International Conference of the…
I am gravely concerned by the escalating violence in Syria today. I am deeply concerned by the alarming reports of a drone attack on the graduation ceremony of a military academy in Homs, which the Government attributed to…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN) are closely following the progress towards Liberia’s presidential and legislative elections scheduled to take place on 10 October 2023. The…