UN force steps up patrols after weekend of bloodshed in Abyei

UN force steps up patrols after weekend of bloodshed in Abyei

Heavily armed assailants attacked civilians in the villages of Malual Aleu, Banton, Awolnhom, Abathok, Majbong, Awal, and east of Rumamier, using rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, reportedly over a land dispute. At least 37 people are reported to have been killed and several others injured, including women and children. Villages were also set on fire and…

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Middle East crisis: Guterres appeals for end to 'vicious cycle of bloodshed, hatred and polarization'

Middle East crisis: Guterres appeals for end to ‘vicious cycle of bloodshed, hatred and polarization’

António Guterres was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York following  meeting with senior UN leaders on what he called the “unprecedented developments” in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.  “Let me begin by repeating my utter condemnation of the abhorrent attacks by Hamas and others against Israeli towns and villages in the…

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