Security Council LIVE: Warnings of famine and collapse as South Sudan’s peace deal frays
Nearly eight million people in South Sudan – more than half the population – face crisis-level hunger, with famine risk now flagged in four counties,…
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UN envoy urges parties to ‘stay the course’ towards peace in eastern DR Congo
The new head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has urged parties to the peace processes for the volatile…
From Lebanon to the Strait of Hormuz, a Middle East hanging on fragile peace talks
Since Tuesday, United Nations peacekeepers have detected no airstrikes or new missile fire in southern Lebanon. The lull remains fragile, however, as Israeli drones continue…
Iron Fist or Fragile Peace: Colombians Head to Polls in Stark Choice of Candidates
Millions of voters, deeply traumatized by a legacy of violence and political corruption, will head to the polls on Sunday to decide Colombia’s razor-thin presidential…