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The Mystery Man Behind the US Outburst Against South Sudan

1 week ago | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

South Sudan, Africa’s youngest country, is heading into the lean growing season, when hunger can peak. It is also embroiled in a nasty power brawl between its president and the vice president as fighting in the northeast escalates, driving people from their villages to survive. The country is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in two decades while having absorbed at least a million refugees from the civil war in its northern neighbor, Sudan.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending April 11

1 week ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Gambians’ journey to justice; postwar Gaza with Gazans; France helms the UN Security Council amid global turmoil. Plus: Gaza killing fields; cholera in Haiti; Syria surviving; slashing UNOCHA workforce.
French Fries Will Stay, So Will the Statue of Liberty

2 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

France leads the United Nations Security Council in April as its relationship with its oldest ally, the United States, feels more fragile than ever. America’s tariffs, Russia’s continuing invasion in Ukraine and even the Gaza war have pitted France and the US on opposite sides of the political fence right now.
'Portrait of Jammeh': Gambians' Long Search for Justice, an Audio Documentary

2 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

Omar Bojang, left, and Sainey Bojang, victims of a 2009 witch hunt in the village of Jambur, Gambia. Omar, the village head, and Sainey continue to tell their stories of cruel tactics used by President Yahya Jammeh to oppress citizens during his 22-year presidency. A new audio documentary from PassBlue describes victims’ fight for justice through reparations as Jammeh remains in exile.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending April 4

2 weeks ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Beware Trump’s UN plan; Bucha’s revival; Myanmar quake; aid workers slaughtered in Gaza. Plus: Myanmar; Gaza; Kenyan peacekeeper; Sudan; UN tour guides go Swedish. Follow us on Blue Sky, X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.Got tips?: [email protected]• Our #1 story this week and month: Mexico’s President Unites the Nation Against Trump, While Facing Other Crises at Home, by Mariana Hernández AmpudiaFrom PassBlue this week:• How Will Trump 2.0 Handle the UN?
Hard Questions Remain on Recent Killing of 15 Aid Workers by Israel

3 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

The renewed Israeli military operations in Gaza since the collapse of the ceasefire in mid-March presents a war without limits, the top United Nations interim official for the Occupied Palestinian Territories said Wednesday. Speaking from Gaza, Jonathan Whittall told journalists during an April 2 briefing at UN headquarters that Palestinians were being shot in the back as they ran for cover from Israel’s endless shelling and other bombardments.
Life in Bucha Returns in Full Despite Scars of Russia's Massacre

3 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

Vorzel, a village of about 6,900 people in the city of Bucha, was once a refuge for Ukrainians fleeing Russian occupation in the east in 2014. Hidden by forests of thin-leaf trees and shrubs, Vorzel provided safety — until a fateful day in 2022, when Russian forces encircled the area, unleashing a massacre that swept through the village and elsewhere in Bucha. By the end of February 2022, Vorzel itself succumbed as Russian soldiers raided Bucha, rolling in with tanks from the north in Belarus.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending March 28

3 weeks ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: De-mining blows in Laos; Trump’s UN loyalty Qs; Mexico’s Trump resistance; Congo on Rwanda. Plus: Gaza; South Sudan; child deaths; US envoy pulled; Myanmar.
Congo Wants Stiffer Sanctions on Rwanda, Envoy Tells UN Security Council

3 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is asking the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on the Rwandan government for its noncompliance with the Council’s resolution demanding a ceasefire in Congo. The country’s envoy to the UN, Zénon Mukongo Ngay, appealed to the Council on March 27, saying that the continued involvement of the Rwanda Defense Forces in the conflict violates Congo’s sovereignty.
The Trump Officials Who Sent Loyalty Questions to UN Geneva Agencies

1 month ago | passblue.com | Stéphane Bussard

Confidential documents reveal the political ideologies of those behind the controversial survey distributed to organizations in Geneva recently. Meanwhile, unease grows in Geneva, as the UN Refugee Agency considers laying off up to 6,000 employees. The questionnaire sent by the Trump administration to UN agencies, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations continues to stir controversy across Geneva’s international community.