June 30, 2025
Africa: Human Rights Can Be a 'Strong Lever for Progress' in Climate Change, Says UN Rights Chief
The UN's top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change. Read more »
Africa: It's Time to Finance Our Future and 'Change Course', Guterres Tells World Leaders in Sevilla
"We're here in Sevilla to change course," the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap… Read more »
June 29, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - New Initiative to Eliminate HIV in Children 'A Beacon of Hope'
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by 2030 - a move hailed by the United Nations as "a… Read more »
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 »
May 18, 2022
Mozambique: First Polio Outbreak in 30 Years Declared in Mozambique
Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a child in the country's north-eastern Tete province, had contracted the… Read more »
December 17, 2020
Kenya: Funding Needed to Halt 'Life Threatening Crisis' Facing Refugees
Amidst a "critical shortage" of resources, hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya will lack food unless new funds are swiftly received, the UN's food relief agency warned on… Read more »
July 29, 2016
Congo-Kinshasa: Six Years On, UN Envoy Calls for Action in Walikale Mass Rape
Ahead of the six-year remembrance of a mass rape of more than 300 civilians residents of the Walikale region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by armed groups, the… Read more »
October 10, 2012
Mali: UN Accuses Rebels of Ruling Through Drug Money
Radical Islamists who seized northern Mali earlier this year are maintaining their control through fear and drug money, imposing an extremist version of Muslim Sharia law and… Read more »
March 16, 2010
Madagascar: UN Scheme Aims to Give Youth Employment a Boost
A year after political violence rocked Madagascar, the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty is helping to generate employment for the Indian Ocean nation's… Read more »
May 28, 2009
Chad: Former Leader to Remain in Senegal Pending Final Ruling By UN Court
The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) today issued an order leaving former Chadian president Hissène Habré in the custody of Senegal, where he is… Read more »
