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Burkina Faso has expelled United Nations regional coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak after a U.N. report alleged violations against children in the country, a government spokesperson said on Monday.
Authorities said they were not consulted during the preparation of the study, titled Children and Armed Conflict in Burkina Faso, nor informed of its conclusions before publication. The government accused the report of making “baseless assertions” without citing investigations or court rulings.
The U.N. expressed regret over the decision. “The Organization is accorded privileges and immunities, including the right for its staff members to remain in Burkina Faso in order to perform their functions,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
Flore-Smereczniak, who was forced to leave, was appointed last year and has over two decades of experience in development, security and humanitarian operations, according to the U.N.
The expulsion comes amid worsening violence in Burkina Faso and the wider Sahel, where militant groups linked to Al Qaeda have fought governments for more than a decade. A series of coups between 2020 and 2023 deepened instability across the region.
The U.N. has previously condemned killings, abductions and the recruitment of child soldiers in the Sahel conflict. Dujarric reaffirmed that the organisation would continue to engage with Burkina Faso’s authorities to support the country and its people.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
A U.S. citizen has been released from Kabul after a senior U.S. delegation led by Adam Boehler, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, met with Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul.
The Warsaw Security Forum is kicking off in Poland on Monday, bringing together defence ministers, security experts, and international policymakers to discuss pressing global security challenges.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Monday that Europe cannot afford a war with Russia, but if its leaders were to trigger one, it could spiral into a conflict involving weapons of mass destruction.
Sweden will support Denmark with military anti-drone capabilities in connection with summits in Copenhagen this week, after drone sightings last week forced Denmark to shut several airports, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday.
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met in Warsaw on Monday (29 September) within the Weimar Triangle framework.
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