[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban pledges to help end S. Sudan violence as Security Council approves more peacekeepers

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Internet privacy violations are "extremely troubling," UN's Pillay says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   December 26, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban pledges to help end S. Sudan violence as Security Council approves more peacekeepers The United Nations is boosting its presence in South Sudan to help quell violence, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. The Security Council on Tuesday approved adding 5,500 peacekeepers. Voice of America (12/25), Reuters (12/24) Share:      Above the Fold Internet privacy violations are "extremely troubling," UN's Pillay says Truce called in Syrian town that could enable food shipments Women make gains in India's Kashmir region African leaders meet with S. 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Sudan president Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn met with South Sudan President Salva Kiir today in an effort to advance peace negotiations in South Sudan. Fighting between government troops and rebels is affecting five of 10 states in South Sudan and risks becoming a civil war. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/26), BBC (12/26), Voice of America (12/25) Share:      Struggle for resources at root of Central Africa religious violence The conflict in the Central African Republic is considered by a fight to control resources, not a sectarian fight, write Bate Felix and Paul-Marin Ngoupana. Separately, six African Union peacekeepers from Chad were killed in fighting with CAR militia fighters in the capital of Bangui. 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