ISLAMABAD: Indian Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief Shatrujeet Kapoor has acknowledged that Indian and Chinese troops have been engaged in confrontations in several border areas of India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh for several months. Reports of tensions between the two countries’ forces along the Arunachal Pradesh border have circulated in recent days. However, neither…
Findings from the recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis indicate an alarming 19 per cent increase in the number of children estimated to suffer from severe acute malnutrition in Haiti this year. Around 1.64 million people are facing emergency levels of acute food insecurity, (IPC Phase 4), which increases the risk of child wasting…
The UN Mission, MONUSCO, also called on the group to respect the Luanda roadmap, an agreement signed in 2022 by Angola, DRC and Rwanda that strives for peace in the conflict-affected eastern part of the country. MONUSCO is carrying out a three-phase process of withdrawal from the country following a UN Security Council resolution adopted in December…
Violence last week forced thousands to flee, and fighting occurred on Tuesday in the outskirts of Sake, which is located some 20 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Goma. “Our peacekeeping mission is continuing to support the Congolese armed forces and is doing its utmost to protect civilians, including by maintaining a presence along the Goma-Sake axis,” said…
Armed youth from rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group have been battling over the location of an administrative boundary in the oil-rich region, claimed by both countries, according to media reports. The UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) reported that clashes erupted on Saturday in the Nyinkuac, Majbong and Khadian areas, leading to…
Violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces have displaced more than 450,000 people in the last six weeks in Rutshuru and Masisi territories in North Kivu province. People arriving in the town of Sake, located near the provincial capital Goma, spoke of having to make harrowing choices, with men risking death to feed…
A sick child is being treated in a tent-like hospital due to malnutrition. The United Nations says that the entire country may suffer from hunger and disease due to the ongoing clashes in Sudan. Martin Griffiths, the United Nations humanitarian affairs officer, while giving a statement on the situation in Sudan, said that this conflict…
At least 55 people were reported killed and over 100 injured – including civilians – in fighting between the Deterrence Apparatus for Combatting Organized Crime and Terrorism (DACOT) and the 444 Brigade, on 14 and 15 August, the head of the UN political mission in Libya, UNSMIL, told the Security Council. Lack of command and…
The fighting between Palestinian armed groups at Ein El Helweh camp has also forced thousands to flee their homes that have been damaged. Ein El Helweh is one of 12 camps in Lebanon operated by the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA. It provides services to nearly 50,000 people. Dorothee Klaus, UNRWA Director in…
Clashes between the army and paramilitary forces in Sudan have entered their fourth month. According to sources, the news agency said that representatives of the Sudanese army have once again reached Jeddah for ceasefire talks. Sudan ceasefire talks have been held before this in the mediation of Saudi Arabia and the United States. Clashes between…
