News from our Missions
Mogadishu – International partners* strongly condemn the escalation of conflict in Laascaanood, including reports of fighting spreading outside the town. We urge all sides to agree to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire…
Libreville, 25 August 2023 – On the eve of the 26 August 2023 general elections in Gabon, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of UNOCA, Abdou Abarry, and the entire UN System…
Libreville, 25 August 2023 – On the eve of the 26 August 2023 general elections in Gabon, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of UNOCA, Abdou Abarry, and the entire UN System…
From 16 to 25 August, UNOAU participated in the Joint Technical Assessment (JTA) of ATMIS in Somalia led by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Africa Union (AU). The Assessment Team included experts from the FGS…
Mogadishu – A two-day symposium which brought together people from different parts of Somali society concluded in Mogadishu today with a call for more to be done to expand Somalia’s civic space. “Civil society organisations…
Amman, Jordan: 24 August 2023 – The European Union (EU) has recently announced its support of EUR 3 million to Phase II of the UN Peace Support Facility (PSF) for Yemen – a jointly managed programme by the Office of the…
On 23 August, the SRSG to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, met with the Ambassador of Cameroon to the AU, Churchill Ewumbue-Monono. They discussed the upcoming programme of work of the AU Peace and…
(As delivered) Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Since my last briefing, I continued my intensive engagement with the main Libyan stakeholders to achieve three main objectives: Firstly, to…
A delegation from the Council of Notables and Dignitaries of the Nation (CNDN), led by its President, former minister Paul Malekou, exchanged on Monday, 21 August 2023 at UNOCA headquarters with the Special Representative of…
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has recorded credible reports of serious human rights violations by the de facto Taliban authorities against hundreds of former government officials and former…
On 22 August, the SRSG to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga met with the President of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Ambassador Derek Mitchell, to discuss the political and security…