A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country currently registered as displaced, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR,… Read More »‘Catastrophic’ drought displaces one million in Somalia, world asked to ‘step up’ support
UN agencies appealed on Tuesday for $73 million over the next six months to provide food rations to more than 750,000 people seeking refuge in… Read More »Ethiopia: Without immediate funding, 750,000 refugees will have ‘nothing to eat’
Greater investment in State institutions is critical to counter peace and security challenges in Africa, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday. … Read More »Security Council examines capacity building for sustaining peace in Africa
A $10 million loan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to scale up the procurement… Read More »Ethiopia: Loan from UN fund allows FAO to scale up fertilizers for farmers in Tigray
In July, a UN human rights officer embarked on an outreach visit to the Horn of Africa’s Sool and Sanaag regions, a seven-day round-trip of… Read More »From the Field: Outreach across the Horn of Africa
Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) must lay down their arms and engage in political dialogue, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert said… Read More »Central African Republic: Militias spreading ‘terror, insecurity’, must lay down arms
Rising acute food insecurity in Somalia has caused more than 900,000 people to flee their homes in search of humanitarian assistance since January last year,… Read More »Somalia: ‘We cannot wait for famine to be declared; we must act now’
The United Nations continues to engage with authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the wake of the deadly shooting this past… Read More »DR Congo: UN regrets Government move to expel Mission spokesperson
Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, has increased by almost 10 years, the UN health agency, WHO, said… Read More »Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years
A powerful new sculpture unveiled at UN Headquarters on Wednesday honours the memory and mission of two human rights experts who were murdered in the… Read More »New sculpture at UN honours rights experts killed in DR Congo