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NA officer Bista receives commendation from UN

KATHMANDU, June 4: The Secretary-General of the United Nations has presented a letter of commendation to Nepal Army’s Brigadier General Bigyan Bista in recogsition of his indomitable bravery and initiative in preventing ethnic violence in the South Sudan. Bista is the member of the 10th contingent of Kalidhwaj Battalion (Shase) deputed for the peacekeeping mission in the Republic of South Sudan. The United Nations has highly appreciated the role and contribution of Nepali peacekeepers in preventing the recurrence of incidents of ethnic violence in the country which was devastated by genocide in its history, it is said. According to the NA Public Relations and Information Directorate, the Nepali peacekeepers deployed for temporary operations received applause from the UN Secretary General for acting as a buffer in the clash between armed groups near Keiwet in last November. Huge (potential) loss of life and property was averted due to the timely intervention by the NA peacekeepers, it is said.

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UN Secretary-General lands in Pokhara

GANDAKI, Oct 30: Visiting United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Pokhara this afternoon. He landed at the old airport in Pokhara via a Nepal Army special flight. He is presently on a four-day official trip to Nepal, beginning on Sunday. Upon arrival h

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Burkina Faso military says it has seized power

JAN 25: The announcement was made on state television by an army officer, who cited the deteriorating security situation for the military takeover. Mr Kaboré had faced growing discontent over his failure to stem an Islamist insurgency. His whereabouts are unclear, but the officer said that all those detained were in a secure location. The coup comes a day after troops seized barracks, and gunshots were heard in the capital, Ouagadougou. Earlier, the ruling People's Movement for Progress (PMP) party said that both Mr Kaboré and a government minister had survived an assassination attempt. On Sunday, mutinying troops demanded the sacking of military chiefs and more resources to fight militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group and al-Qaeda. The army statement said Mr Kaboré had failed to unite the nation and to deal effectively with the security crisis which "threatens the very foundations of our nation". The statement was issued in the name of a group not heard of previously, the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration or MPSR, its French acronym. Although read out by another officer, the statement was signed by Lt-Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who is believed to be the coup leader and a senior commander with years of experience fighting the Islamist militants. The statement said that parliament and the government had been dissolved, and the constitution suspended, but promised a "return to constitutional order" within a "reasonable time". The military also announced the closure of Burkina Faso's borders. UN chief António Guterres condemned the coup and called on the military to "ensure the protection and the physical integrity" of Mr Kaboré. The African Union and regional bloc, Ecowas, have also condemned the forceful takeover of power, with Ecowas saying it holds the soldiers responsible for the deposed president's well-being. Earlier, the news of his detention was received with cheers and celebrations in Ouagadougou, reports the BBC's senior Africa correspondent Anne Soy. Earlier video footage from the capital appeared to show armoured vehicles - reportedly used by the presidency - peppered with bullet holes and abandoned in the street. Mobile internet services have been disrupted, though fixed-line internet and domestic wi-fi are working. Mr Kaboré has not been seen in public since the crisis began, but two posts appeared on his Twitter account before the officer announced he had been toppled. The later one called on those who had taken up arms to lay them down "in the higher interest of the nation". Earlier, Mr Kaboré congratulated the national football team on their win in an Africa Cup of Nations match. It is unclear who posted the tweets. Some security sources say the president and other government ministers are being held at the Sangoulé Lamizana barracks in the capital. On Sunday, hundreds of people came out in support of the soldiers and some of them set fire to the ruling party's headquarters. The coup comes a week after 11 soldiers were arrested for allegedly plotting to overthrow Mr Kaboré. But discontent has been growing in Burkina Faso over the government's failure to defeat an Islamist insurgency in the country since 2015. That escalated in November, when 53 people, mainly members of the security forces, were killed by suspected jihadists. And on Saturday, a banned rally to protest against the government's perceived failure led to dozens of arrests. Mutinying soldiers made several demands, including: the removal of the army's chief of staff and the head of the intelligence service; more troops to be deployed to the front line; and better conditions for the wounded and soldiers' families. Similar troubles in neighbouring Mali led to a military coup in May 2021 - one that was broadly welcomed by the public. Burkina Faso is now the third West African country to witness a military takeover in recent years. Guinea and Mali have had sanctions imposed on them by Ecowas to press them to return to constitutional order.

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1.5 million Moderna vaccines arrive Thursday

KATHMANDU: Nepal, on Thursday, received a consignment of 1.5 million doses of US-made Moderna vaccine to be administered against the novel coronavirus disease. As many as 1,497,600 doses of vaccines arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) at 3 PM under the COVAX facility, a United Nations (UN) backed international vaccine sharing scheme. According to Bade Babu Thapa, a senior pharmacy officer at the management division under the Department of Health Services, Nepal will further receive additional 1.9 million vaccines under the Gavi, a global Vaccine Alliance and COVAX facility, on Sunday, the next week. Nepal had earlier received 188,000 doses of the same vaccine. Meanwhile, 600,000 jabs of Covishield vaccines arrived on Wednesday under the COVAX facility. With this, Nepal has so far received a total of 29456500 shots of vaccines including Chinese-made Verocell, US-made Jansen, Moderna and Pfizer, Japanese and Swedish-made Astrazeneca and Indian-made Covishield vaccines. Thapa added that there is a stock of 6.5 million vaccines across the country as of Thursday.

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At least 50 killed in Yemen clashes: military sources

DUBAI, Sept. 16 : At least 50 rebels and pro-government troops, including a high-ranking officer, have been killed in clashes in Yemen's central province of Al-Bayda, military sources told AFP on Thursday. "A colonel and 19 other loyalists were killed in the past 24 hours in fighting with the Huthi insurgents in Al-Bayda ditrict," a government military official said. "Thirty rebels also met their fate in battlefield clashes and air strikes." The Huthis rarely report casualty numbers but the figures were confirmed by other military sources. The Iran-backed rebels have made advances in Al-Bayda province in recent weeks as they also fight for control of the strategic city of Marib in the north. In February, the Huthis escalated their efforts to seize Marib, the government's last toehold in the north, and the fighting has killed hundreds on both sides. Control of the oil-rich province would strengthen the Huthis' bargaining position in peace talks. The battle for Marib has also raised fears of a humanitarian catastrophe, as many Yemenis have fled to the area to escape fighting in other parts of the country. The conflict in Yemen flared in 2014 when the Huthis seized the capital Sanaa, prompting Saudi-led intervention to prop up the internationally recognised government the following year. Since then, tens of thousands have been killed and millions pushed to the brink of famine in what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg, the UN's new envoy for Yemen, arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday to meet with Yemeni and Saudi officials, marking his first trip to the kingdom since taking office earlier this month. While the UN and Washington are pushing for an end to the war, the Huthis have demanded the re-opening of Sanaa airport, closed under a Saudi blockade since 2016, before any ceasefire or negotiations.

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