Wars spread across borders as UN peacekeeping is tested

Sudan’s war reaches the Central African Republic, Yemen’s displacement grows and Haiti’s elections stay on hold.

The UN warned this week against withdrawing its peacekeepers too early from the Central African Republic, as the war in neighbouring Sudan spills across the border ^[1]. Inside Sudan, drone strikes killed and injured dozens of people on Monday, while displacement and hunger keep rising ^[2].

In Yemen, more than 250,000 people have now fled renewed fighting, the UN said, with particular concern for the city of Taiz and its governorate, where access is described as essentially blocked ^[3].

In Haiti, armed groups are adapting to stronger security operations, stepping up reprisals against civilians and reaching further into rural areas, the Security Council heard; elections remain on hold ^[4].

UN Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath for four Indonesian peacekeepers who recently lost their lives in Lebanon, and defended UN peacekeeping in what he called “testing times for peace” ^[5].

Sources

1. As Sudan war spills into Central African Republic, UN warns against early peacekeeper exitUN News · Peace and Security · news.un.org
2. UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn SudanUN News · Peace and Security · news.un.org
3. Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and diseaseUN News · Peace and Security · news.un.org
4. Haiti: Elections on hold as gangs adapt to security crackdown, Security Council hearsUN News · Peace and Security · news.un.org
5. Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’UN News · Peace and Security · news.un.org