Military and police peacekeepers serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) patrol the Muslim enclave of PK5 in Bangui. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

CIVIC Signs Joint Statement to UN Security Council

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CIVIC has joined the NGO community in drafting a joint statement to the UN Security Council regarding the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. The joint statement, signed by 28 NGO’s, calls for a mandate renewal for United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) in Central African Republic. In the statement, CIVIC calls for…

US Week in Review – Nov 6, 2017

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On Friday, Prime Minister al-Abadi announced the recapture of al Qaim, leaving only the town of Rawa and a few pockets of territory in western Anbar under Islamic State control in Iraq. The International Organization for Migration estimates that 65,000 people have fled western Anbar since January, including more than 19,000 since September 20.