November 23

• Africa: Better Information Systems Needed in Africa to Strengthen Health Services - UN Official

  African countries must improve the ways in which they collect, organize and transmit health information to their citizens, a United Nations official said today at a regional... Read more »

August 11

• Africa: With No New Polio Cases Reported in Angola, World Closer to Eradicating Deadly Disease - UN

  After being plagued by a re-emergence of the polio virus in 2005, Angola has not experienced any new cases of the crippling disease for a full year - moving the world a step closer... Read more »

June 29

• Angola: Protracted Refugee Situations in Liberia and Angola Come to an End - UN

  The United Nations has announced that, as of Saturday, people who fled the civil wars in Liberia and Angola and remain abroad will no longer be regarded as refugees by the world... Read more »

February 27

• Angola: New Campaign Seeks to Banish Polio

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched a national polio vaccination campaign in Angola, where the crippling disease has returned despite being eradicated in 2001, and praised... Read more »

November 11, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Envoy Voices Concern Over Abuse of Angolans Expelled From DR Congo

  The envoy spearheading United Nations efforts to combat sexual violence in conflict today voiced concern over allegations that migrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo... Read more »

November 10, 2011

• West Africa: Ban Deploys UN Team to Assess Gulf of Guinea Piracy Threat

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deployed a team to assess the scope of the piracy threat in the Gulf of Guinea and make recommendations for possible United Nations support in... Read more »

November 5, 2011

• Angola: UN Refugee Agency Restarts Repatriation of Citizens From DR Congo

  The United Nations refugee agency today resumed the repatriation of Angolan refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after a four-year hiatus, aiming to help more... Read more »

August 15, 2011

• Angola: Mysterious Illness Afflicts Schoolchildren

  The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has dispatched a team of experts to Angola to help local authorities probe an outbreak of a mysterious but apparently non-fatal... Read more »

July 13, 2011

• Angola: UN And Partner Agency Need U.S.$21 Million to Help Refugees Return Home

  The United Nations refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) today launched an appeal for $21 million to help some 60,000 Angolan refugees return home... Read more »

March 16, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Urges Greater Cooperation to Tackle Rape Along Angolan-Congolese Border

  Amid reports of women being raped during recent mass expulsions from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior United Nations official today called on both... Read more »

March 2, 2011

• Central Africa: UN Opens Office to Promote Peace in Region

  The United Nations today opened a new political office designed to support the efforts of Central African nations to consolidate peace and prevent conflict, as well as to tackle... Read more »

January 25, 2011

• Angola: UN And Partners Applaud Renewed Commitment to Eradicate Polio

  United Nations agencies and the Gates Foundation today welcomed commitments by the Angolan Government to eradicate polio, a crippling disease which had been eliminated from the... Read more »

January 23, 2011

• Angola: Unicef Partners With Gates Foundation to Help Stem Polio Outbreak

  Top officials from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are arriving in Angola this weekend to help boost the Government's... Read more »

December 29, 2010

• Angola: UN Reports Ongoing Expulsions of DR Congo Citizens From Angola

  Health officials in the DR of Congo say many women arriving from Angola have been sexually abused Read more »