August 05, 2022
Somalia: 'We Cannot Wait for Famine to Be Declared - We Must Act Now'
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, the Food and… Read more »
August 02, 2022
East Africa: Horn of Africa Faces Most 'Catastrophic' Food Insecurity in Decades, Warns WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years. Read more »
Ethiopia: UN Delegation Returns From Human Rights Fact-Finding Mission in Ethiopia
Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to areas important for investigations. Read more »
July 31, 2022
Uganda: Interview - Accessible Finance Is Key to Realizing Uganda's Potential
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 Pozhidaev, head of the UN Capital… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Sudan: World Bank Provides U.S.$100 Million in Emergency Support
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 food sustenance in Sudan. Read more »
July 22, 2022
East Africa: Hunger Still Rising Across East Africa, Says New UN-Backed Report
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 (WFP) and Food and Agriculture… Read more »
July 23, 2022
Sudan: Strengthening Sudan's Fragile Peace - a Resident Coordinator Blog
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.… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Kenya: Respect for Fundamental Rights Key to Peaceful Elections - UN Experts
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 »
July 18, 2022
Kenya: UN Expert Hails Historic Reparations Ruling in Favour of Indigenous Peoples
An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People's Rights, to award reparations to the Ogiek indigenous peoples, for harm… Read more »
July 17, 2022
Kenya: Bringing the Coral Reefs Back to Life
A small, quiet village in Kenya has found a new purpose in the fishing industry through a successful marine coral conservation project, the first of its kind in the Marine… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: From 'Saga of Horrors' to Serving the World - Liberia Peacekeepers Honoured in South Sudan
"I recall the civil war in Liberia vividly," says Elfreda Dennice Stewart, a United Nations Police (UNPOL) officer serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Read more »
July 01, 2022
Africa: UN Ocean Conference Ends With Call for Greater Ambition and Global Commitment to Address Dire State of the Ocean
Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Conference concluded on Friday, with governments and heads of state agreeing on a new political… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan - UN Human Rights Chief Alarmed Over Killing of Protesters By Security Forces
The UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm over the killing of at least nine protesters by security forces in Sudan a day earlier, including a… Read more »
June 30, 2022
Ethiopia: UN Investigators Announce Investigation Into Oromia Killings
UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they've launched a probe into an alleged massacre of at least 200 people in Ethiopia's Oromia region. Read more »
June 23, 2022
Ethiopia: Conflict, Drought, and Dwindling Food Support Threaten 20 Million Lives
Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict in the north, drought in the south and dwindling food and nutrition support beginning next… Read more »
June 20, 2022
South Sudan: Window of Opportunity Closing for South Sudan, Envoy Tells UN
With eight months remaining, the window of opportunity is closing for South Sudan to meet critical benchmarks required to complete its transition away from long-running civil… Read more »
June 17, 2022
Rwanda: UN Expert Urges UK to Halt Transfer of Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
A UN human rights expert on Friday urged the United Kingdom to halt its controversial policy of transferring some asylum seekers to Rwanda and expressed serious concern that the… Read more »
June 16, 2022
Sudan: One-Third of Population Faces Acute Food Insecurity - United Nations
One-third of Sudan's population, or 15 million people, are facing acute food insecurity, according to a new assessment released on Thursday by the World Food Programme (WFP). Read more »
June 15, 2022
Tanzania: UN Experts Fear More Violence Aid Bid to Evict Maasai From Ancestral Lands
The reported use of live ammunition by security forces in Tanzania, against ethnic Maasai herders, and the death of a police officer, have been condemned by top UN-appointed… Read more »
June 14, 2022
South Sudan: UN Humanitarians Forced to Cut Aid to 1.7 Million People
Food assistance to 1.7 million people in South Sudan has been suspended, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, citing a funding crunch and rising needs. Read more »
June 13, 2022
Rwanda: UK's Bid to Export Some Refugees to Rwanda 'All Wrong' - UN Refugee Chief
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday dismissed the British Government's proposal to process United Kingdom-bound asylum seekers in Rwanda, describing the… Read more »
June 11, 2022
South Sudan: The South Sudanese Refugee Helping Others Through Trauma
Rose Mary Tiep, fled domestic abuse and the conflict in South Sudan five years ago. Today she is helping others through their trauma in an Ugandan refugee camp, as part of a… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Ethiopia: First-Ever Voluntary Flights From Yemen Airlift Stranded Ethiopians Home
For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Ababa on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen's conflict-affected Ma'rib governarate, the UN… Read more »
June 07, 2022
East Africa: Horn of Africa Braces for 'Explosion of Child Deaths' As Hunger Crisis Deepens
An "explosion of child deaths" is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the international community takes immediate action to prevent a new hunger disaster, UN… Read more »
June 06, 2022
Sudan: UN Chief Calls for 'Good Faith' Effort By All in Sudan
The UN chief has called for military authorities in Sudan and civilian representatives and political leaders, to enter direct talks over the future of the country in "good faith",… Read more »