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 2

• Africa: Global Response Necessary to Tackle Economic Crisis, Mauritian Minister Tells UN Debate

  Noting the global nature of the economic crisis, Mauritius' Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Arvin Boolell, called for a coordinated response from enhanced United Nations... Read more »

September 30

• Africa: Continent Calls for UN Security Council Seats

  African ministers at the United Nations General Assembly today called for expanding the Security Council to include permanent representation for their continent and stressed the... 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 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 »

March 2

• West Africa: 1,500 Refugees Arriving Daily

  Mauritania and Burkina Faso continue to receive large numbers of Malian refugees fleeing conflict between the army and ethnic Tuareg rebels in the northern region of their country,... 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 »

January 27

• West Africa: UN Officials Calls for Action on Sahel Problems

  The United Nations political chief today called for the establishment of a mechanism to address the myriad challenges facing countries in West Africa's Sahel region, which, he... Read more »

December 17, 2011

• Libya: UN Mission On Impact of Country's Crisis On Sahel Region Heads to Mauritania

  A United Nations mission to assess the impact of the recent turmoil in Libya on the Sahel region is heading to Mauritania for talks with top officials in the West African nation,... Read more »

November 4, 2011

• Mauritania: Rural Citizens Set to Benefit From Nearly U.S.$18 Million in UN Loans and Grants

  The United Nations agency helping the rural poor announced today it is awarding almost $18 million in loans and grants to Mauritania to boost the incomes and living conditions of... 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 »

July 22, 2011

• Western Sahara: Parties 'Deepen Discussions' Over Conflict

  The parties to the Western Sahara dispute, Morocco and the Frente Polisario, have concluded another round of United Nations-backed informal talks in New York during which they... Read more »

April 29, 2011

• Mauritania: UN Official Calls On Mauritania to Do More to Eradicate Slave-Like Practices

  Mauritania needs to do much more to eliminate slave-like practices, the United Nations human rights chief said today as she also called on the West African country to take steps to... Read more »