El-Ghassim Wane, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, said that the constitutional referendum that will be held on 18 June "will mark the first step of a planned process leading to restoring constitutional order" in the country. UNIFEED
The UN Special Representative for South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, said that there had been some noticeable progress in the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. UNIFEED
Continuing her visits to the country’s Federal Member States, the recently-appointed top United Nations official for Somalia Saturday visited Puntland where she met its leadership and hailed recent elections there.UNSOM
Kicking off her initial round of meetings with the leaders of Somalia’s Federal Member States, the new top United Nations official in the country visited Hirshabelle to discuss a range of issues with its leadership and reaffirm the world body’s support. UNSOM
Efforts by the United Nations in Somalia to better serve the people of Galmudug took another step forward with the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new office in the Federal Member State’s capital city. UNSOM
Somalia’s economic potential has been under the spotlight for the past two days at a gathering of Somali government, international partners, local entrepreneurs and foreign firms, with a goal of highlighting opportunities for business with international companies. UNSOM<br />
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) — One of the Rwanda genocide's most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a church, denied on Friday any involvement
As South Sudan grapples with multiple challenges, Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of UNMISS, is urging political leaders to galvanize momentum in peace processes so that free, fair, and credible elections can be held on time. UNMISS<br />
On International Day of UN Peacekeepers, Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said United Nations peacekeepers, despite challenges, “preserve ceasefires from collapse” and “protect every single day hundreds of thousands of civilians.” UNIFEED
The top UN political affairs official Rosemary DiCarlo urged the Security Council to offer more support for African Union (AU) peace operations, saying that “those missions demonstrated significant political will and commitment, but they also faced some recurrent problems.” UNIFEED<br />