The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution requiring the monitoring of evacuations from Aleppo. The resolution, initially drafted by France, was originally called a “disaster” by Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin. However, Moscow and Paris came to an agreement on the text after more than three hours of ...
Five rebels, a South African peacekeeper and a policeman were killed Monday when militia fighters attacked the city of Butembo in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN and police sources said. The clashes between police and militia fighters, who attacked the prison in Butembo, a city of around one million ...