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DRC: UN mission that ‘proved its limits in ‘permanent war’ is to withdraw peacekeepers

After more than a two-decade presence, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MONUSCO is set to withdraw its 15,000 peacekeepers from the Central African nation, based on a deal signed by MONUSCO’s head and DRC foreign minister on Tuesday (22 November). The country’s Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula said […]

Moroccan Najat Rochdi Gets another High Profile UN Job

Moroccan Najat Rochdi has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as his new Deputy Special Representative for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). She will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Ms. Rochdi replaces Fabrizio […]

Morocco to increase contribution to CERF Annual Budget

Morocco has decided to “significantly” increase its contribution to the annual budget of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) by allocating 100,000 dollars for the year 2021, announced, on Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita. Speaking at the 2020 high-level CERF donors conference held remotely, Bourita stressed that Morocco’s contribution to the Fund’s annual […]