Tensions mount in Middle East as UN reiterates need for ‘maximum restraint’

PNP DeskApril 6, 2023September 11, 202406 mins

According to news reports, as yet unidentified militants fired a barrage of rockets across the border, forcing Israeli civilians to seek shelter, and wounding at least two people. Avoid unilateral action “Concerning the situation between Lebanon and Israel, I can tell you that we condemn the multiple rockets being fired from Lebanon into northern Israel today”,…

DR Congo: Security Council warned of ‘considerable’ deterioration in restive east

PNP DeskMarch 29, 2023September 11, 202408 mins

Aware of the worsening situation involving multiple armed groups clashing with Government forces, and each other, a Security Council delegation visited the DRC earlier this month in solidarity with the people of DRC, and to mobilize the United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in the face of security, electoral and structural challenges. Abuses by militia…