"SEXUAL VIOLENCE"

The MINUSMA Division of human rights and protection has completed two days of fact-finding missions in Kouloubon village, in the center of Mali, where 37 people were killed in an armed raid on 1 January. MINUSMA

Head of Sudan Sanctions Committee briefs Security Council as delegates debate criteria for lifting 13-year-old measures, ongoing sexual violence at 8446th meeting.

In the north of Iraq, a woman doctor is dedicating her life to women who escaped ISIL captivity. UNHCR

Press Briefing by Ibrahim Thiaw, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for the Sahel on the situation in the Sahel.

As violence continues to uproot families from their homes, displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo are supporting each other through a local association created to advocate for the protection of human rights and to find solutions for the problems faced by the most vulnerable among them. UNHCR

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

‘Window for peace’ finally open, but fragile in South Sudan will continue to need international support, peacekeeping chief tells Security Council at 8431st meeting.

Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that “since the signing of the revitalized peace agreement, there has been a significant improvement in the general security situation of the country and incidents between signatory parties have reduced." UNIFEED

A United Nations-supported mobile court has begun hearing cases in the town of Bentiu in South Sudan’s remote north, bringing legal justice back to the town for the first time in more than four years. UNMISS

Following a surge in sexual attacks on local women and girls in Bentiu, South Sudan, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) David Shearer, said “our human rights team have launched an investigation, gathering victim and witness testimony and working to identify those responsible for the attacks.” UNMISS