Job Opening Posting Title: Principal Coordination Officer Job Code Title: Principal Coordination Officer Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 26 July 2016 – 23 September 2016 Job Opening Number: 60777 Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY Here Share on: WhatsApp
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Job Opening Posting Title: Senior Political Affairs Officer Job Code Title: SENIOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 26 July 2016 – 23 September 2016 Job Opening Number: 63444 Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
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Job Opening Posting Title: Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division Job Code Title: CHIEF OF SERVICE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS Department/Office: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA Posting Period: 28 July 2016 – 25 September 2016 Job Opening Number: 64582 Staffing Exercise N/A Apply here Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »US pushes for African force, arms embargo on South Sudan
United Nations, United States | AFP | The United States urged the UN Security Council on Friday to back a regional force for South Sudan to shore up UN peacekeepers unable to cope with the violence. The council adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN mission in South …
Read More »UN vote on Burundi police force expected Friday
United Nations, United States | AFP | The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Friday on deploying a UN police force to Burundi to monitor human rights and help quell violence in the African country. France requested a vote on a draft resolution presented two weeks ago to …
Read More »JOBS: Website editor UNEP Nairobi
Job Opening Posting Title: WEBSITE OFFICER (Head of Web) Job Code Title: WEBSITE OFFICER Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 12 July 2016 – 09 September 2016 Job Opening Number: 52002 APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Museveni opposes arms embargo on South Sudan
President Yoweri Museveni and United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon have discussed the conflict in South Sudan, with the two leaders pushing for a strong message to the warring factions. Museveni however disagreed with a UN proposal to impose an arms embargo saying this would create a vacuum …
Read More »Ceasefire holding in South Sudan’s capital
Juba, South Sudan | AFP | A ceasefire in South Sudan’s capital appeared to hold for a second straight day Wednesday after intense fighting that killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. No gunfire or artillery was heard in Juba and evacuation flights for …
Read More »Three quarters of South Sudanese need humanitarian aid: UN
Amman, Jordan | AFP | Three-quarters of the population of South Sudan needs humanitarian aid after four days of deadly fighting, the UN’s World Food Programme director Etharin Cousin told AFP on Tuesday. Between Friday and Monday, the capital Juba was rocked by clashes between forces loyal to President Salva …
Read More »Uganda, Djibouti censured by ICC for failure to arrest Bashir
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said it is referring Uganda and Djibouti to the UN Security Council after the two east African countries’ failed to arrest wanted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The Hague-based ICC’s judges said in a statement “the Republics of Uganda …
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