Africa

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola):

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, condemn Wednesday’s attack on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) by an unknown armed group, in which one South African peacekeeper was killed and another wounded.  The attack took place 40 kilometres south-west of Kutum, North Darfur, while the peacekeepers, on patrol, were travelling from Kutum to Djarido.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Next Einstein Forum, in Dakar today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Fifth General Assembly of the 2010 Kigali International Conference Declaration, in Algiers today:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Algeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Algiers today:

The United Nations, African Union, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), European Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie welcome the final results of the second round of the presidential elections in the Central African Republic announced by the Transitional Constitutional Court on 1 March 2016, which were conducted peacefully with the active participation of the Central African people.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the event on “Peace and Security in the Sahel:  Tackling the Root Causes of Instability”, in Nouakchott on 4 March 2016:

The following statement was issued by the United Nations and the African Union today in New York and Addis Ababa: