Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to areas important for investigations. The UN International Commission of… Read More »UN delegation returns from human rights fact-finding mission in Ethiopia
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst famines of the last 70… Read More »Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO
Northern Uganda suffers from a development gap with the rest of the country, with high rates of poverty and unemployment. UN News spoke to Dmitry… Read More »INTERVIEW: Accessible finance is key to realizing Uganda’s potential
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received a $100 million contribution from the World Bank to assist with critical emergency cash and… Read More »Sudan: World Bank provides $100 million in emergency support
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving in the Stablization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which took… Read More »Guterres strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo which left 3 dead, amid protests
The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs and peace operations, told the Security Council on Monday. Despite… Read More »Libya: Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress
The killing of protestors by security services during large-scale demonstrations in Sudan’s capital Khartoum in June underscores the ongoing political tensions in the country. Against… Read More »Strengthening Sudan’s fragile peace: A Resident Coordinator Blog
Over 50 million people in Eastern Africa will face acute food insecurity this year, according to a new study backed by the World Food Programme… Read More »Hunger still rising across East Africa, says new UN-backed report
As conflict grows in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the rising death toll and suffering of displaced civilians through brutal attacks, is… Read More »UNHCR alarmed by growing death toll among displaced in eastern DR Congo
Independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on authorities and political candidates standing in next month’s general election to foster an enabling civic space to ensure… Read More »Respect for fundamental rights key to peaceful elections in Kenya: UN experts