UN chief appoints German Daniela Kroslak Deputy Special Representative in Mali

08 january 2022 - 06:42:47
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday announced the appointment of Daniela Kroslak of Germany [...] Full text...

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DR Congo’s fragile detente ‘could yet unravel’, Security Council warned

07 october 2020 - 06:58:40
New York, US (PANA) - Planning for a drawdown of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: American David Gressly named UN Emergency Response Coordinator for Ebola

28 june 2019 - 19:05:12
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has named David Gressly of the United States as the United [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief appoints retired Dutch general to probe South Sudan violence

24 august 2016 - 06:22:06
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday in New York appointed Major-General (retired) Patrick Cammaert of [...] Full text...

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UN: UN envoy outlines progress in DRC, urges enhanced security

19 march 2015 - 18:59:43
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: MONUSCO takes stock of its peacekeeping activities in DRC

27 november 2014 - 16:44:41
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) will organize on 5 December 2014 a [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council extends DRC mission mandate

28 june 2011 - 19:05:44
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in [...] Full text...

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Ivorian Crisis: UNOCI slams attack on helicopters

29 march 2011 - 18:05:11
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) Tuesday condemned Monday's attack on its helicopter by [...] Full text...

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Ban appoints Senegalese General as UN military adviser

24 august 2010 - 20:07:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lieutenant-General Babacar Gaye as military adviser for UN peacekeeping [...] Full text...

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Indian Army General leads UN Blue Helmets in DRC

13 july 2010 - 17:16:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed General Chander Prakash of India to [...] Full text...

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UN launches booklet on how to deter sexual violence

01 july 2010 - 07:24:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations on Wednesday launched its first compilation of the best practices for its [...] Full text...

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UN converts DRC peace mission to stabilisation force

28 may 2010 - 19:20:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council on Friday transformed the UN peace keeping mission in the Democratic [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeper killed in east DRC

25 may 2010 - 07:35:00
New York- US (PANA) -- An Indian soldier with the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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HRW urges US to implement new law to help end LRA atrocities in DRC

21 may 2010 - 12:07:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) slau ghtered 96 civilians and abducted dozens more [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council discusses Africa hotspots

20 may 2010 - 23:34:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The simmering tensions and continued instability in Sudan, the Horn of Africa and the Democratic [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarian chief warns on food insecurity in W/Africa

09 may 2010 - 19:57:00
New York- US (PANA) â" UN Under Secretary--General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, has said the [...] Full text...

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UN aid chief regrets LRA atrocities in North Eastern DRC

02 may 2010 - 15:22:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- UN's top humanitarian official John Holmes has condemned the continuing acts of destruction and killings committed [...] Full text...

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UN's top humanitarian official visits DRC

30 april 2010 - 09:53:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) --UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes Friday started a five-day [...] Full text...

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ICG suggests strategy to end brutal LRA war in northern Uganda

29 april 2010 - 08:35:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- To end the brutal war by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda once [...] Full text...

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UN official calls for end to sexual violence

28 april 2010 - 17:00:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Fresh from her visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which she described [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council cancels Africa trip

17 april 2010 - 14:53:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council has cancelled its trip to Africa d ue to the volcano [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges collective effort to enhance post-conflict peace

16 april 2010 - 17:57:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said the world body was committed to ensuring [...] Full text...

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UN to begin DRC peacekeepers' withdrawal in July

14 april 2010 - 17:53:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in the Democ ratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Alan Doss, has [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council members to hold talks with DRC leader

14 april 2010 - 16:39:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Security Council members will visit the Democratic Repu blic of the Congo (DRC) later [...] Full text...

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UN chief proposes drawdown of 2,000 UN peacekeepers in DRC

06 april 2010 - 07:56:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has proposed a drawdown of 2,000 UN peacekeepers from its [...] Full text...

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MONUC to support relocation of orphaned gorillas in DRC

01 april 2010 - 14:41:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) will send helicopters to facilitate [...] Full text...

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Zuma, Museveni chide UN over Congo peacekeeping mission, nuclear restrictions

27 march 2010 - 19:15:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda and South Africa say the winding up of UN peacek eeping operations in restive eastern [...] Full text...

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UN peace mission in DR Congo vows continued support for local army

24 march 2010 - 17:23:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Alan [...] Full text...

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'Gorillas may disappear from Congo Basin by 2020s'

24 march 2010 - 11:54:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Gorillas may largely disappear from large parts of the Greater Congo Basin by the [...] Full text...

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UN continues to help Uganda landslide victims

19 march 2010 - 16:36:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations said it is continuing to assist people in eastern Uganda affected by [...] Full text...

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'Ex-rebels take over mineral trade extortion racket in DRC'

12 march 2010 - 11:36:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Former rebels of the Congrأ¨s national pour la dأ©fense du peuple (CNDP) have established [...] Full text...

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Belgian Defence Minister visits Central Africa Wednesday

09 march 2010 - 19:46:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The Belgian Defence Minister, Peter de Crem, will sta rt an African tour from Wednesday that [...] Full text...

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MONUC gives armed groups 45-day ultimatum to integrate or ...

11 february 2010 - 16:35:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (MONUC) has given a 45-day ultimatum to the [...] Full text...

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Obama's special adviser on Great Lakes in South-Kivu

11 february 2010 - 13:55:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The special adviser to US President Barack Obama on the Great Lakes region, Howard Wolpe, [...] Full text...

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Former Rwandan mayor on genocide charges pleads â~not guiltyâ?

10 february 2010 - 07:23:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A former mayor of Kivumu town in Kibuye prefect ure of Rwanda, Grأ©goire Ndahimana, [...] Full text...

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UN to begin partial troops' pullout from Eastern DRC

31 january 2010 - 19:25:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Sunday that the UN would withdraw some of [...] Full text...

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UN to begin partial troops' pullout from Eastern DRC

31 january 2010 - 17:31:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Sunday that the UN would withdraw some of [...] Full text...

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Belgian Foreign Minister visits DR Congo

18 january 2010 - 17:47:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere is in the D emocratic Republic of Congo for a working [...] Full text...

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French Foreign Minister begins 3-day tour of Africa

06 january 2010 - 18:30:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Wednesday began a three-day tour to Africa that will take him [...] Full text...

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UN monitors volcanic eruption in eastern DRC

05 january 2010 - 16:13:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Following the eruption of a volcano in the far east of the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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UN extends mandate of Congo peacekeeping force

24 december 2009 - 20:44:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council Wednesday renewed the mandate of p eacekeepers in Congo by five [...] Full text...

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UN extends mandate of Congo peacekeeping force

24 december 2009 - 18:18:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council Wednesday renewed the mandate of p eacekeepers in Congo by five [...] Full text...

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UN mission in DRC confirms unstable east now calm

02 november 2009 - 18:43:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MO NUC) has confirmed the [...] Full text...

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DRC-bound UN arms shipment disappears in Kenya

15 september 2009 - 11:01:00
Mombasa- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Police and Customs have launched an investigation into the disappearance of arms and other ammunition [...] Full text...

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UN mission in DR Congo denies Ntanganda's role in operations

10 september 2009 - 14:56:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has denied any role by [...] Full text...

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Organisation demands 'independent inquiry' into DRC journalists' murder

02 september 2009 - 18:06:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Network of African Freedom of Expression Organisatio ns (NAFEO) has expressed grave concern over "the [...] Full text...

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Clinton plans end to Eastern Congo humanitarian crisis

11 august 2009 - 12:22:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said her plan is to immediately seek an end [...] Full text...

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MONUC rejects rape charges against peacekeepers

06 august 2009 - 19:40:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The United Nations Mission in DR Congo (MONUC) has d escribed as "unfounded rumor" the [...] Full text...

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Clinton's trip to underscore US commitment to Africa

31 july 2009 - 08:12:00
Washington- US (PANA) -- The 11-day trip to Africa by US Secretary of State Hill ary Clinton will highlight and [...] Full text...

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Belgium worried by outbreak of violence in DRC

06 july 2009 - 16:17:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Belgium Monday asked that the issue of security in th e east of the DR of [...] Full text...

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UN, DRC to strengthen joint operation against rebels

09 june 2009 - 17:16:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations peace-keeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Congolese [...] Full text...

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Oxfam cautions on UN-backed operation in DR Congo

13 may 2009 - 16:35:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN-backed military plans against rebels in South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeepers free 23 child soldiers in DRC

06 may 2009 - 07:21:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - MONUC - [...] Full text...

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UN says Rwandan militants abandoning rebel activity

28 april 2009 - 22:30:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations says growing numbers of Rwandan militia men are abandoning rebel activity in [...] Full text...

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Former Congolese warlord sentenced to death

10 march 2009 - 21:47:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The military court of the Upper-Katanga's garrison i n Kipushi has sentenced Congolese warlord Kyungu [...] Full text...

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UN chief to visit 5 African nations next week

19 february 2009 - 18:43:00
New York- US (PANA) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will early next week visit Africa, with stops in South [...] Full text...

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UN encourages DRC rebels to surrender weapons

04 february 2009 - 17:36:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations is calling on militiamen from the rebel Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda [...] Full text...

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UN envoy Obasanjo tasks UN Security Council on DRC

15 january 2009 - 22:34:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Special Envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), former Nigerian President Olusegun [...] Full text...

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