The SANDF has not released the name of the soldier killed in clashes in the North Kivu city of Butembo.

The United Nations Secretary General has called on the DRC authorities to investigate the attacking and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.

The assailants  are believed to be from the Mai Mal militia  who have regularly attacked the UN peacekeepers known as MONUSCO.

Two South African soldiers were wounded in the onslaught that killed a policeman and five militia members.

Special representative of the secretary general Maman Sidikou says the attack constitutes a war crime but it won’t undermine the commitment and determination of MONUSCO to fulfill its mandate to protect civilians and neutralise armed groups mandate.

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He says refusing to do this is an outrageous act of disrespect to the people of the small West African country.

United Nations regional envoy Mohammed Ibn Chambas says Yayha Jammeh will be strongly sanctioned if he tries to cling to power.

He was speaking after a regional demarche failed to budge the man who took power in the Gambia in a  coup 23 years ago.

The United Nations is concerned troops loyal to Jammeh could compromise critical sensitive electoral material from the election he lost on October 1.

Troops have  already seized the office in the capital Bajul of the country’s electoral commission.

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Two armed groups, both factions of the ex-Séléka rebels have clashed in Haute Kotto prefecture.

In addition to the scores killed and wounded, more than  11 000 people have been displaced.

Many of the victims are civilians who have been targeted based on their ethnicity.

UN  Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon underlines the willingness of the international community to support the country on its path towards recovery and stability.

He hopes that the extraordinary summit meeting of the Economic Community of Central African States, expected to be held in Libreville on 30 November, will reinforce  efforts to consolidate peace and place the country on a path of recovery and stability.

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He was hosting a summit of African leaders at the COP22 climate change summit in Marrakesh that was also attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and French President Francois Hollande.

Disruptions caused by climate change are hampering African development and greatly affecting the rights of millions on the continent, says King Mohammed VI of Morocco.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon tells the 20 African leaders present that 36 of the 50 countries most affected by global warming are African.

Senegal’s President Macky Sall says African countries have to wait until 2020 for promised aid from developed countries to fight global warming.

French President Francois Holland says COP22 will lay the foundations for this help laid out in the Paris Climate Change agreement at COP21 last year.

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The world body’s special representative on sexual violence calls this the most successful experience in reducing the use of rape as a weapon of war.

Between 2013 and 2015 incidents of sexual violence have reduced in the DRC from 15 000 to 7 500.

UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon’s special envoy on sexual violence Zainab Bangura says the DRC has been the laboratory for reducing sexual violence.

Lessons learned there will be applied in places like Iraq and South Sudan.

Bangura applauds the Congolese government’s efforts to support the fight against sexual violence.

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The foreign ministry in Nairobi says continued deployment of Kenyan troops in South Sudan is no longer tenable.

Kenya’s angrily-worded statement expresses dismay

at UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s decision to dismiss Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki as head of the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan, UNMISS force.

It follows a UN special investigation finding lack of leadership in the force led to a chaotic and ineffective response during heavy fighting in the capital Juba in July.

UNMISS has about 16 000 troops deployed in South Sudan.

Kenya’s 1 000 men is one of the largest national components.

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The UN chief also recalls the significant role played by South Africa in the establishment of the court, including being one of the first signatories of the treaty founding it.

South Africa’s withdrawal from the  ICC will only come into effect one year after notification to the UN Secretary-General, who is the depositary.

Ban Ki Moon says the ICC is central to global efforts to end impunity and prevent conflict.

He’s  confident  UN Member States will continue to further strengthen the Court, thus helping deter future atrocities across the globe.

He hopes that States that may have concerns regarding the functioning of the Court seek to resolve these matters in the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute that founded the Court.

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The issue of what to do about the world’s 65,3 million displaced people took center stage at the U.N. General Assembly with leaders from the 193 member states taking part in the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.

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Advocacy groups fear the New York Declaration on Migrants and Refugees — an outcome document which contains no concrete commitments and is not legally binding — falls short of what is needed.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, himself a refugee during the Korean War, hails it as historic.

He says the summit represents a breakthrough in collective efforts to address the challenges of human mobility.

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Both main candidates have claimed victory and alleged irregularities by their rivals.

EU observers declared Saturday’s poll to have lacked transparency.

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Former foreign minister Jean Ping, who’s the main opposition candidate among the 10 contenders against President Ali Bongo has held two press conferences since Saturday, urging incumbent president to accept the will of the people and step down.

Bongo’s camp, on the other hand has accused Ping of trying to cast doubt over the results of the ballot.

The 76-strong EU observer team gave the poll the thumbs down.

However UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has congratulated Gabon on holding peaceful elections and urged the candidates to accept the outcome.

Tensions are running high in Libreville, with many businesses shutting their doors and people buying up food for fear of street protests and clashes.

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern over the situation and urged  both sides to stand by the commitments they made in in 1991.

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After illegally occupying the Western Sahara in 1976, Morocco built a sand wall to keep the Polisario Front fighters at bay.

Now armed units from both sides have been inserted and started patrolling close to each other.

The United Nations has failed to get Morocco to keep its promise to allow the Saharawi a referendum to decide on their future.

Now its proving unable to get the warring sides to maintain the status quo.

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