June 28, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Guterres Hails Peace Deal Between DR Congo and Rwanda
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed on Friday in the United States… Read more »
Africa: 'Global Solidarity Benefits Us All' - Spain Makes the Case for Development Funding
Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South.… Read more »
June 27, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - Despite Efforts Towards a Political Solution, Violence Still Rages in the East
As the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a draft peace agreement in Washington this Friday, tensions and violence continue to grip… Read more »
Sudan: 'Fighting Shows No Signs of Abating,' Senior UN Official Tells Security Council
Three years into the conflict in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) continue to pursue a military solution, violating international law and the… Read more »
Africa: New UN Report Charts Path Out of Debt Crisis Threatening Global Development
A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds - including what UN officials describe as a "silent crisis" of… Read more »
June 26, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Conflict's Survivors Have Been Through Hell, Says UN Aid Chief
The conflict-impacted people of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) urgently need much more international assistance than they are getting today, the UN's top aid… Read more »
Central African Republic: Upcoming Elections 'Crucial Opportunity' for Central African Republic, UN Top Official Tells Security Council
As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple with a fragile security and humanitarian context, the UN Security Council… Read more »
Kenya: UN Calls for Restraint After Deadly Kenya Protests
The UN is monitoring the situation in Kenya in the wake of deadly antigovernment protests on Wednesday. Read more »
Africa: Eighty Years On, UN Charter Marked By Reflection, Resolve - and a Run
It wasn't an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and UN News) hit the streets in their sneakers - from Times Square to East River - following a… Read more »
June 25, 2025
Africa: Energy Access Has Improved, but More Funding Is Needed to Address Disparities - WHO
Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now has basic access to electricity, more than 666 million people still live without it, prompting the World Health… Read more »
Africa: 'A Moral Failure' - Security Council Hears About Grave Violations Against Children Caught in War
When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three years-old, she woke up to missiles falling around her, forcing her and her family to flee their home. Read more »
June 24, 2025
Libya: Aftermath of Tripoli Clashes Puts Libya's Fragile Stability to the Test
Libya once again stands at a critical juncture in its political transition, after armed clashes erupted in Tripoli last month, further destabilising the country, the UN Special… Read more »
Somalia: Power to the People - Funding Community-Led Development in Somalia
A story of grassroots persistence in Somalia could serve as a powerful reminder of the impact of innovative financing mechanisms as the international community meets in Spain to… Read more »
Africa: Resettlement Changed Her Life. Now She's Fighting for Others to Have the Same Chance
Once a teenager without legal status or access to education, Madiha Ali Changezi is now speaking out as a living example of what refugee resettlement can achieve. Read more »
June 23, 2025
Sudan: Bearing the Brunt of War - Unicef Chief Meets Some of Sudan's 700,000 Child Refugees Crossing Into Chad
Since fighting erupted in Sudan in April 2023, more than two million children have been displaced by the brutal war between rival militaries there. Read more »
Africa: Human Rights Council Hears Concerns Over Displacement, Genocide Risks and Migrant Trafficking
On day six of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the Council heard urgent updates on rising internal displacement driven by organised crime, escalating… Read more »
June 22, 2025
Central African Republic: Guterres Condemns Deadly Attack On Peacekeepers in Central African Republic
The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned a deadly attack on peacekeepers serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, or CAR, which claimed the… Read more »
June 21, 2025
Africa: 'One Earth, One Health' - Yoga Day Provides Respite in a Tumultuous World
In an age marked by conflicts, disease, dysfunction and mental health challenges, yoga offers a steady, time-trusted path to help find calm and harmony within - and without. Read more »
Africa: From the Global South to the Stars - a New Space Race
Once the exclusive domain of a handful of technologically advanced countries, outer space is now within the reach of emerging nations from the Global South, as costs fall and… Read more »
June 20, 2025
Sudan: For Too Long, 'Unbound Horrors' Have Unfolded in Sudan
Hostilities continue to escalate across Sudan's North Darfur and Kordofan regions, with reports of civilian casualties, sexual violence, abductions and looting, the UN human rights… Read more »
Africa: WHO Warns of a Health Financing Emergency
The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health Financing and Economics for the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more »
Africa: UN Peace Building Commission 'More Needed Than Ever' Amid Rising Conflict
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and other senior officials from across the world have spoken about how international support was critical to putting their countries… Read more »
June 19, 2025
Africa: World Refugee Day - Telling Their Stories
Of the 122 million people globally displaced by persecution, violence or human rights violations, 42.7 million are refugees who have fled across borders, according to new data from… Read more »
Africa: Long After the Guns Fall Silent, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Leaves Lasting Scars
Sexual violence in conflict is a tactic of war, torture and terror. It does not only devastate survivors but also tears apart families and communities. The trauma, shame and stigma… Read more »
Africa: Development Is 'The First Line of Defense Against Conflict,' Guterres Tells Security Council
Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in conflict-affected or fragile settings and this is on track to worsen, UN Secretary-General… Read more »
