High-Level Meeting on Africa's Development Needs
22 September – High-Level Meeting on Africa's Development Needs

Darfur: UN police conduct night patrols at displaced persons’ camp
15October – Bangladeshi police officers serving with the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have started conducting night patrols at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) that was the scene of deadly clashes with Sudanese police less than two months ago. FULL STORY>>

UN chief in Sudan spotlights achievements and UN role since end of civil war
15October – The establishment of government institutions, the redeployment of former combatants and the successful implementation of the national census have been the major accomplishments in Sudan since the 2005 accord ending the north-south civil war, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today. FULL STORY>>

Conflict in eastern DR Congo will not be resolved by force alone – UN envoy
15October – The use of force alone will not bring about a solution to the problems in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the head of the United Nations peacekeeping force there said today, as clashes continue between Government troops and rebels in North Kivu. FULL STORY>>

UN mission monitoring Ethiopia-Eritrea border nearing close
15October – The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has almost completed its withdrawal from the Horn of Africa region, with the last group of blue helmets having returned to their home country. FULL STORY>>

Ethiopia: UN appeals for aid as number of drought victims keeps growing
15October – The United Nations humanitarian wing today called for more than $265 million to fund relief operations in drought-stricken Ethiopia for the next three months to meet the widening scale of the crisis, with some 6.4 million people now estimated to need urgent assistance. FULL STORY>>

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