NAIROBI, (APP/AFP) – Civil society activists who met with UN Security Council diplomats during last week’s visit to South Sudan are fleeing a government crackdown, groups said Friday. Around a dozen activists met with the UN delegation when it visited South Sudan to push for peace after an outbreak of heavy fighting in the capital […]
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S.Sudan hunts activists after UN Security Council visit
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France’s Hollande condemns North Korean nuclear test
PARIS, (APP/AFP) – French President Francois Hollande “strongly condemns” North Korea’s latest nuclear test and called on the UN Security Council to take up “this violation of its resolutions,” his office said Friday. “The international community must unite against this new provocation which comes after unanimous condemnation by the Security Council of the ballistic missile […]
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N. Korea nuclear test ‘deeply troubling’: UN watchdog
VIENNA, (APP/AFP): North Korea’s latest nuclear test, if confirmed, is “deeply troubling and regrettable”, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said Friday. “This is in clear violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions and in complete disregard of the repeated demands of the international community. It is a deeply troubling and regrettable act,” Yukiya […]
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Kerry in Geneva to push Russia on Syria ceasefire
GENEVA, (APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Geneva on Friday to meet his Russian counterpart once again, seeking a deal with Moscow to restore a ceasefire in Syria. Senior officials travelling with Kerry said he would not have travelled to join Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov unless he thought there was […]
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Obama warns N. Korea of ‘serious consequences’
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP): US President Barack Obama, warning of “serious consequences”, called the leaders of South Korea and Japan to consult after seismic activity was detected near a North Korean nuclear test site, a White House spokesman said Friday. “The president indicated he would continue to consult our allies and partners in the days ahead to […]
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Security Council urges warring parties in Yemen to resume talks with UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS, (APP): The United Nations Security Council has urged the parties to the conflict in Yemen to immediately resume talks with the UN envoy for that country and discuss his proposal for a comprehensive agreement covering both security and political issues. In a press statement, the members of the 15-member Council “expressed their continued […]