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M23 fighters loyal to Bosco Ntaganda moved on March 1, 2013, along the road towards Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as UN peacekeeping troops observed a gathering of armed people north of the city / credit: MONUSCO / Sylvain Liechti

Fresh Protests Break Out In Congo Against UN and East African Forces; Anger Grows Over M23 Advance

Tanupriya Singh February 10, 2023 Tanupriya Singh

At least eight people were killed by UN forces in the North Kivu province on February 7. The Democratic Republic of Congo is witnessing renewed protests against the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) and the East African Community (EAC) regional forces. Tanupriya Singh reports for Peoples Dispatch.

FIrefighters in Gaza tackled in 2014 a fire caused by an Israeli missile strike on an United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East storehouse / credit: Ashraf Amra / APA images

Israel’s Blockade Leaves Gaza’s Firefighters Badly Equipped

Ghada Al-Haddad December 6, 2022 Ghada Al-Haddad

Gaza has between 450 and 500 emergency responders, including firefighters. First responders are supposed to be protected under the Geneva Conventions. However, many have been killed during Israel’s aggressions against Gaza since 2008, reports Ghada Al-Haddad for Electronic Intifada.

Protesters from the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development rallying on Energy Day, November 15, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, where COP27, the annual global climate conference, is taking place / credit: Twitter / AsianPeoplesMvt

COP 27: Weighty Presence of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Raises Alarm

Sandipan Talukdar November 15, 2022 Sandipan Talukdar

Environmental activists and researchers say fossil-fuel lobbyists being granted access to policymaking processes poses the threat of slowing down climate action, Sandipan Talukdar reports for Peoples Dispatch.

Credit: freewesternsahara.org

Ahead of UN Session, Sahrawis Recollect Decades of Betrayal That Enabled Moroccan Colonization

Pavan Kulkarni October 17, 2022 Pavan Kulkarni

The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) became “hostage to the Moroccan authorities,” unable even “to report on the human rights situation in the territory,” said Kamal Fadel, Western Sahara’s representative to Australia and the Pacific. Pavan Kulkarni reports for Peoples Dispatch.

The United Nations General Assembly in September 2022 / credit: United Nations

‘End War in Ukraine’ Say 66 Nations At UN General Assembly

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies October 5, 2022 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies

Calls to end the war in Ukraine "reverberated through the hall" at the United Nations General Assembly, as the president of the session said in his closing statement. Sixty-six countries, representing most of the world's population, pleaded for a negotiated peace in Ukraine, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies.

United Nations peacekeepers from Brazil conduct a security patrol in Cité Soleil, Haiti, during the second round of senatorial elections in 2009 / credit: United Nations

The ‘Leftism’ of the Americas Collapses at the Door of Haitian Sovereignty

Jemima Pierre September 30, 2022 Jemima Pierre

While many are celebrating the potential rise of another “Pink Tide” in Latin America and the emergence of a truly multipolar world, it seems clear that the fight for Haitian sovereignty will continue to be outside of “leftist” imaginations, writes Jemima Pierre.

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