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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

At least 40 Palestinians, including fourteen children, are killed and more than 70 injured after an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations school that was sheltering refugees in central Gaza.
2024-06-6

A car bombing targeting a UN convoy explodes outside a school in Mogadishu, killing eight people and injuring 17 others. Jihadist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack.
2021-11-25

The United Nations says that war crimes might have been committed in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
2020-11-13

A truce brokered by the United Nations due to last for the remainder of Ramadan is broken within an hour with both sides exchanging blame.
2015-07-11

A United Nations report finds evidence that both Hamas and Israel committed war crimes during the 2014 conflict.
2015-06-22

United Nations negotiators produce an early draft on an agreement to be put to a conference on climate change in Paris in December.
2015-02-13

Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan town of Bor are killed in an attack by armed men.
2014-04-18

United Nations observers leave the country as their mandate expires. The total number of casualties over the previous weekend is now estimated at more than 100 deaths. The UN envoy describes the conflict as a civil war. Russia says only the UN should decide on force against Syria. The U.S. claims it has "contingency plans" and threatens to change its "calculus" if it finds Syria moving or using chemical or biological weapons. Fighting continues.
2012-08-20

A bomb explodes in Daraa, Syria, near a convoy carrying several United Nations observers in the country.
2012-05-9