October 26

• West Africa: Tropical Diseases Spread After Flooding

  Countries gripped by a hunger crisis in West Africa's Sahel region urgently need additional help to combat a series of intestinal-worm and other Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)... Read more »

October 19

• Burkina Faso: Hearings for Burkina Faso-Niger Border Case End at UN International Court of Justice

  The West African countries of Burkina Faso and Niger today completed the presentation of their respective cases in a border dispute to the United Nations International Court of... Read more »

September 29

• Africa: Africa Faces Food Insecurity, UN Warned

  A range of African ministers took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly today to highlight the precarious situation arising from food insecurity and the slow-down in... Read more »

July 26

• Central Africa: Ten Nations Act to Protect Forests

  Ten Central African countries will take part in a United Nations-backed initiative that will help them set up national forest monitoring systems and strengthen cooperation among... Read more »

May 23

• Burkina Faso: UN Relief Chief Meets With Govt Officials

  The United Nations humanitarian chief today stressed the need to respond rapidly to the food and nutrition crisis in Burkina Faso, which is affecting some 2.8 million people, and... Read more »

March 28

• West Africa: 'Race Against Time' to Avert Disaster in the Sahel

  The food and nutrition crisis facing countries in West Africa's drought-prone Sahel region has continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate despite commendable early response... Read more »

March 21

• West Africa: UN Steps Up Assistance to Refugees of Tuareg Rebellion

  The United Nations refugee agency is increasing its assistance to the tens of thousands of Malians who have been uprooted by the fighting between the army and Tuareg rebels,... Read more »

March 10

• West Africa: At Least 15 Million Face Sahel Food Shortages

  The United Nations food agency today called for $69.8 million in additional funding to prevent a full-blown food and nutrition crisis from unfolding in Africa's Sahel region. Read more »

February 24

• Mali: UN Seeks U.S. $35 Million to Assist Refugees

  The United Nations refugee agency is appealing for $35.6 million to respond to the growing humanitarian crisis resulting from the renewed fighting in northern Mali between... Read more »

February 15

• West Africa: Crisis Talks Call for Urgent Aid to Sahel

  Delegates at a meeting convened by the United Nations to draw up strategies to respond to the humanitarian crisis in West Africa's drought-prone Sahel region today called for... Read more »

• Mali: UN Coordinating Refugee Relocation

  The United Nations said today it is working with Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania to relocate refugees fleeing renewed fighting in Mali to safer locations away from the border... Read more »

February 14

• West Africa: Aid Groups Hold Crisis Meeting Over Sahel Drought

  The leaders of United Nations aid agencies, humanitarian organizations and donor governments will meet on Wednesday in Rome to discuss how to urgently scale up assistance in... Read more »

September 28, 2011

• West Africa: Govts Call for Permanent African Seat On Security Council

  West African countries today called for enlarging the 15-member Security Council to give their continent its due representation on the United Nations body whose decisions are... Read more »

June 14, 2011

• Burkina Faso: One Man's Efforts to Help Girls' Education

  The job of spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General involves working long hours in a highly sensitive political environment, following the 24-hour news cycle and being frequently... Read more »

December 6, 2010

• Africa: New Vaccine Set to Wipe Out Meningitis

  Burkina Faso today became the first country to begin a nationwide campaign to introduce a new vaccine that promises to rid the entire region of the primary cause of epidemic... Read more »