YAOUNDE, CAMEROON— In videos circulating on social media, especially Facebook and WhatsApp, Chadian civilians say they need a leadership change and an end to what they call a Deby dynasty.
The UN Security Council met this week to discuss the crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher, which some fear is on the precipice of a large-scale massacre. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that is the grim reality facing millions of people in El Fasher in North Darfur. According to reports by researchers at Yale University, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied militias have razed multiple villages west of El Fasher and the RSF is planning an imminent attack on El Fasher. VOA's Esther Githui-Ewart speak with VOA U.S. correspondent Margaret Besheer, about the growing concerns and efforts to address the conflict.
United Nations officials say flash floods in Somaliland, Hirshabelle, South West States and Banadir region have led to the death of four people. For updates, Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA’s UN Correspondent Margaret Besheer from New York.
UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians failed to pass a major hurdle in their renewed effort to seek full United Nations membership on Thursday when the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution recommending their admission.
As the war in Gaza continues, the United Nations is considering adopting a resolution to grant Palestinians full membership, effectively recognizing their statehood. Palestinians currently have non-member observer state status. For the latest developments, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer.
A United States sponsored resolution at the United Nations Security Council to end the hostilities between Hamas and Israel failed Friday, as China, Russia and Algeria voiced their disagreements with some components in the proposed ceasefire agreement. The resolution marks a further toughening of Washington's stance toward Israel, with increasing pressure domestically and internationally to broker a solution. For the latest reaction from the vote VOA’s Hayde Adams spoke to VOA United Nations Correspondent Margaret Besheer live in New York.
The United Nations Security Council convened to discuss the ongoing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as clashes between the army and the M23 rebel group have displaced hundreds of thousands and disrupted food supplies to the provincial capital, Goma. For the latest developments coming out of the United Nations, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer.
The United Nations on Wednesday urged countries not to forget the civilians caught up in the war in Sudan, appealing for $4.1 billion to meet their humanitarian needs and support those who have fled to neighboring countries. A ten-month war in Sudan between its armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has devastated the country's infrastructure, prompted warnings of famine and displaced millions of people inside and outside the country. For the latest developments at the United Nations, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke with VOA United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer.
The United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, has raised concerns about the well-being of refugees and returnees fleeing the conflict in Sudan, as South Sudan continues to see an influx of new arrivals from across the border. VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA U.U. correspondent Margaret Besheer about what the United Nations plans to do to ensure essential supplies reach Sudanese refugees and returnees.
New wars and growing hunger and poverty on a warming planet — and little the United Nations can do to fix it. VOA correspondent Margaret Besheer looks at the U.N.’s future in a world where its impact is shrinking.
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The vote was largely seen as a growing isolation of the United States and Israel. For the latest developments at the United Nations, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA United Nations’ Correspondent Margaret Besheer in New York.
United Nations officials convened an emergency session on Tuesday to debate and vote on a non-binding cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Hamas militant group. This comes after the United States, a U.N. Security Council member, vetoed an initial resolution seeking a humanitarian cease-fire in the ongoing conflict on Friday. VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA UN Correspondent Margaret Besheer for the latest on the vote.
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA, is condemning the attacks by rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group in an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people over the weekend. For reaction from the United Nations’ officials on the Sudanese conflict, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer live from the agency's headquarters in New York.
UN chief calls for sustained aid operation to meet scale of Gaza’s 2 million residents
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed reporters in New York Monday, and condemned the resulting casualties from the weekend attacks by Hamas and counterattacks by Israel. VOA U.N. correspondent Margaret Besheer tells Africa 54 host Hayde Adams that Guterres called for a negotiated two-state solution to the conflict and urged both sides to protect civilians and Hamas to release hostages.
Volker Perthes had harsh words for both sides in the conflict at his final UN briefing
UNITED NATIONS — A senior United Nations official said Tuesday that the humanitarian situation has severely deteriorated in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 8 million people need assistance in three provinces and sexual violence has become endemic.
Antonio Guterres says he sent Russia ‘concrete proposals’ for reviving the deal that Moscow pulled out of last month
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday that his office is investigating reports that at least 87 people were found in a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur state.
U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan Volker Perthes on Monday briefed the Security Council on the conflict in the northeastern African country, citing concerns that fighting could turn into an ethnic-driven conflict if the warring parties do not respect and extend a cease-fire that was supposed to begin Monday. For more on the international reaction to the Sudanese conflict, VOA's Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA U.N. Correspondent Margaret Besheer in New York City.
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