Top UN envoy in Sudan welcomes deal to end deadly clashes in disputed town
16May – The top United Nations official in Sudan today welcomed the agreement to end the deadly fighting between Government forces and the former southern rebels in the disputed Abyei area, which has forced thousands of civilians to flee this week. FULL STORY>>

Deadly fighting forces UN mission to evacuate staff from disputed Sudanese town
15May – The United Nations has evacuated most of its staff from the Sudanese town of Abyei, located in a disputed oil-rich area, amid continued shooting between Government forces and the former southern rebels with whom they reached a peace deal in January 2005. FULL STORY>>

UN refugee chief calls for greater support for Somali refugees in Yemen
15May – The top United Nations refugee official, beginning a five-day visit to Yemen, today called on the international community to bolster its assistance to Somali refugees who have reached the Middle East country after making the perilous crossing of the Gulf of Aden. FULL STORY>>

Security Council calls for plans to deploy UN peace force to Somalia to continue
15May – The Security Council today called on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to continue contingency plans to deploy a possible United Nations peacekeeping operation in strife-torn Somalia and to relocate its political office from neighbouring Kenya. FULL STORY>>

‘Encouraging’ progress on peace and security in Central Africa – Ban Ki-moon
15May – Improved political dialogue in the Central African Republic (CAR), a peace conference in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as well as the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and CAR are all signs of progress towards peace in the region, the Secretary-General said today. FULL STORY>>

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