The United States on Friday added to what it says is the growing body of evidence that Russia, through the private military Wagner Group, is actively providing military equipment and fighters to factions in Libya in violation of a United Nations Security Council resolution that establishes an arms embargo. U.S….
The United States says it has clear evidence that the Wagner Group of mercenary fighters, linked to Russia, is responsible for landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) laid in and around Tripoli in violation of a United Nations arms embargo. “Verified photographic evidence shows indiscriminately placed booby-traps and minefields around…
The United Nations mission in Libya says continued violations of the arms embargo threaten any progress made in securing peace between the factions fighting for control of the nation. “The 12 January truce agreed by the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA), which led to…
Another 10 people have died in an airstrike in Libya, with the news coming as the United Nations Security Council heard testimony Monday from Ghassan Salamé, head of the UNSMIL mission, who warned of intensifying violence and “a race against time to reach a peaceful solution.” Salamé said the attack…
Sixteen human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and the Enough Project as well as regional African groups, have asked the United Nations Security Council to maintain the arms embargo and other sanctions in South Sudan while pressuring leaders to implement the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict…
President Faustin Touadéra of the Central African Republic appealed for an end to an arms embargo on his conflict-torn country during a speech before the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. Touadéra praised MINUSCA – the UN mission for CAR – for its role in protecting civilians…
The United Nations Security Council should apply sanctions to nine leaders in South Sudan, including President Salva Kiir and exiled rebel leader Riek Machar, the Human Rights Watch organization argued in a new report on conflict-related atrocities released Tuesday. “Salva Kiir, former Vice President Riek Machar, former army chief of…
United Nations sanctions monitors recommended in an annual report that the United Nations Security Council “should place an arms embargo on South Sudan” reported Reuters in an exclusive. According to the news agency the confidential UN report produced by the panel stated that both President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar…