MONROVIA JULY 1, 2016(CISA)-UN Peace keeping mission in Liberia announced June 30 that it will be leaving the country. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told Reuters that much had been done to prepare for the transition, but that more was still needed adding that “this will be beginning a new phase of self-reliance.” “The constraints […]
Day: 1 July 2016
SOUTH SUDAN: Government Cancels Independence Celebrations
JUBA JULY 1, 2016 (CISA) – The government has cancelled July 9 Independence Day celebrations due to economic crisis. “We decided not to celebrate the July 9 Independence Day, because we don’t want to spend that much,” Michael Makuei, the minister of information, told reporters on June 28 adding. “We need to spend the little that […]
MALI: UN Adds 2,500 Peacekeepers to Mali
TIMBUKTU JULY 1, 2016 (CISA) – The United Nations Security Council has agreed to add 2,500 peacekeepers to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali. The resolution, which was approved unanimously by the 15-nation council on June 29, stated that the Mali peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) should “take all necessary means to carry out its mandate … […]
DRC: Bishops Call for Resolution of Election Concerns to Avert Chaos
KINSHASA JULY 1, 2016 (CISA) – Catholic Bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have raised election concerns that threaten to plunge the country into chaos. According to the Constitution, presidential and parliamentary elections should be held by the end of the year but so far, a date has not been established, reported Fides “This […]