August 06, 2011

• Somalia: UN Envoy Welcomes News of Al-Shabaab Vacating Capital

  The United Nations envoy for Somalia today welcomed the news that the Islamic insurgent group Al-Shabaab has begun to leave the capital, Mogadishu, and called on the strife-torn... Read more »

August 05, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Audit of Debt Necessary for Transparency - UN Expert

  A United Nations human rights expert today urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to undertake an audit of the country's debt as part of a broader effort... Read more »

• Cote d'Ivoire: Deadly Bus Accident Kills Dozens

  United Nations peacekeepers in Côte d'Ivoire today helped local authorities in rescue and recovery operations after a crowded bus crashed from a bridge into a lagoon in... Read more »

• Somalia: UN Agencies Step Up Deliveries of Food Aid to Famine-Stricken Somalis

  As more and more Somalis, the majority of them women and children, continue to flee the famine in their homeland, United Nations agencies are ramping up efforts to meet the rising... Read more »

• Somalia: Peanut-Based 'Wonder' Paste Saves Children's Lives

  As thousands of desperately malnourished children from famine-wracked Somalia pour into United Nations refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia, small sachets of a peanut-based paste... Read more »

• Sudan: Another UN-AU Peacekeeper Slain After Ambush in Darfur Region

  A peacekeeper serving with the joint United Nations-African Union force in Darfur (UNAMID) has been killed and another blue helmet is seriously wounded after an ambush today in the... Read more »

August 04, 2011

• Africa: New Scheme Promotes Mobile Phones for the Poor

  Three million poor people in Africa and South Asia, the majority of them women, will gain access to low-cost mobile phone numbers as part of technology firm Movirtu's partnership... Read more »

• Nigeria: Cleaning Up Niger Delta Could Take 30 Years, Says UN

  The environmental restoration of Nigeria's Ogoniland oil region could prove to be the world's most wide-ranging and long-term oil clean-up exercise ever, if contaminated drinking... Read more »

• Sudan: Peacekeepers Died After Khartoum Threat, Says UN

  Sudanese authorities threatened to shoot a helicopter trying to medically evacuate three seriously injured United Nations blue helmets in Sudan's troubled Abyei area, causing a... Read more »

• Cote d'Ivoire: UN Official Meets With Detained Ex-Leaders to Foster Reconciliation

  In an effort to promote reconciliation in Côte d'Ivoire, a senior United Nations official is meeting with former president Laurent Gbagbo and other detained members of his... Read more »

August 03, 2011

• Sudan: Security Council Voices Sadness After Deaths of Four Peacekeepers

  Security Council members today voiced sadness at the deaths of four United Nations peacekeepers who were killed earlier this week after a landmine exploded in Sudan's disputed... Read more »

• Sudan: Rapists, Not Reporters, Must Face Criminal Charges - UN Envoy

  A senior United Nations official today voiced her concern after a Sudanese court jailed a journalist for covering the case of an alleged rape of an activist by security forces,... Read more »

• Libya: UN Distributes Ramadaan Meals to Refugees in Tunisia

  The United Nations refugee agency and its partners in Tunisia are distributing food for more than 55,000 Libyans who have fled the fighting in their homeland to help them prepare... Read more »

• Togo: Investment to Help Poor Farmers in Togo Almost Doubles Its Returns

  A United Nations-European Union initiative to help Togo cope with high food prices and bad weather by providing seeds, fertilizers and other input for 20,000 rural farmers has... Read more »

• Somalia: UN Declares Famine in Another Three Areas

  The United Nations today declared a famine in three more areas in drought-ravaged Somalia, bringing to five the number of regions in the Horn of Africa country where acute... Read more »

• Somalia: UN Envoy Calls On All Citizens to Pull Together to Help Those Suffering

  A senior United Nations official today appealed to all Somalis, both inside and outside the country, to work together to support the ongoing peace process and alleviate the plight... Read more »

August 02, 2011

• Somalia: UN Envoy Welcomes Step On Sanctions Against Violators of Children

  The United Nations envoy advocating for the rights of children during armed conflicts today welcomed the Security Council's decision to agree to apply sanctions against any... Read more »

• Sudan: Landmine Kills Abyei Peacekeepers

  Four United Nations peacekeepers serving in Sudan's troubled Abyei area were killed today and seven others were injured after a landmine detonated during a patrol, the UN reported. Read more »

• East Africa: Unicef Urges Airlines to Cut Costs of Delivering Aid

  As aid agencies continue to scale up their response to the dire humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is appealing to the air... Read more »

• Libya: UN Envoy Briefs Top Chinese Official On Efforts to Resolve Crisis

  The United Nations special envoy for Libya today briefed China's Foreign Minister on his efforts to broker a political solution to the crisis in the North African country and... Read more »

August 01, 2011

• Somalia: Famine Could Spread Without More Relief Funds, Says UN

  The United Nations humanitarian chief warned today that the famine in Somalia could spread if the international community does not provide the funds required to respond to the... Read more »