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The United Nations condemns the Rapid Support Forces' targeted mass killing of civilians in Gezira State, Sudan, comparing it to earlier mass killings in Darfur.
2024-10-27

A United Nations report formally accuses the Ugandan military of providing support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, Uganda denies the claims. The report also claims that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside the M23 rebels.
2024-07-8

The United Nations adds the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to its list of offenders for violating children's rights.
2024-06-12

An independent United Nations expert says that widespread and systematic bombardment of housing and civilian infrastructure in Gaza amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity.
2023-11-8

Russia withdraws from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) after having been suspended by that organization due to the country's war in Ukraine.
2022-06-10

The United Nations mission in Mali confirms that the Malian armed forces had retaken a UN Police base in Timbuktu from unknown assailants that attacked it earlier in the day.
2016-02-5

A Dutch military helicopter serving as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali crashes near Gao, killing two people.
2015-03-17

The United Nations estimates that the death toll was just under 93,000 as at the end of April.
2013-06-13

Rebels free 21 United Nations peacekeepers who were held captive for four days.
2013-03-9

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Murat Karayilan says the group would disarm under the supervision of the United Nations in return for an end to attacks on Kurdish civilians and arrests of Kurdish politicians in eastern Turkey, as well as additional linguistic and cultural rights.
2010-07-21