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M23 rebel fighters enter the city of Goma in eastern DR Congo - UN spokesperson

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Posted by admin 179 days ago (http://www.un.org)
Rebel fighters with the 23 March Movement (M23) have entered the city of Goma, a provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has suffered mass upheaval over recent days due to the advance of the rebels and their clashes with national army troops, according to a UN spokesperson.

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Sierra Leone: Ban lauds peaceful conduct of polls and high voter turnout

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Posted by admin 181 days ago (http://www.un.org)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated the people of Sierra Leone for the peaceful and orderly elections held yesterday, the first to be run entirely by the Government since the end of the West African nation's brutal civil war 10 years ago.

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UN troops continue support to DR Congo army as rebels advance on Goma

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Posted by admin 181 days ago (http://www.un.org)
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today continued to assist the national army to halt the advance of the M23, while Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the rebel group to immediately cease its attacks.

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Ahead of Sierra Leone elections, UN Peacebuilding Commission pledges continued support

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Posted by admin 184 days ago (http://www.un.org)
In calling for "peaceful and impartial" elections on Saturday in Sierra Leone, the component of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission that deals with the West African country pledged continued support for the Government and the people of Sierra Leone in their "arduous task of building a democratic nation."

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Security Council extends mandate of UN peacekeeping force in Abyei

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Posted by admin 183 days ago (http://www.un.org)
The Security Council today extended until 31 May 2013 the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force for Abyei, an area contested by South Sudan and Sudan.

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UN refugee agency reports sharp increase in arrivals at South Sudan camp

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Posted by admin 183 days ago (http://www.un.org)
The United Nations refugee agency is reporting a sharp rise in new arrivals at South Sudan's largest refugee camp owing to escalating fighting in the South Kordofan region of neighbouring Sudan.

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Cameroon: UN concerned over reports of arrests of suspected gay and lesbian people

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Posted by admin 183 days ago (http://www.un.org)
The United Nations human rights office today expressed its concern over reports of people in Cameroon being harassed, intimidated, arrested and imprisoned because they were suspected of being lesbian or gay - and called for an end to such practices.

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Security Council condemns fresh attacks by M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo

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Posted by admin 182 days ago (http://www.un.org)
The Security Council, meeting in an emergency session on Saturday, strongly condemned the latest attacks by the M23 rebel group, which displaced more civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and prompted the United Nations peacekeeping force there to deploy attack helicopters to support the national army.

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