December 26, 2022
Africa: 2022 Year in Review - 100 Million Displaced, 'A Record That Should Never Have Been Set'
A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of ways, and push for more legal, and safe ways for people to… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Authorities Has No Authority to Expel Official - UN Chief
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has expressed his confidence in Barbara Manzi, the most senior UN official in Burkina Faso, who was ordered to leave the country… Read more »
December 22, 2022
South Sudan: Amidst 'Unimaginable Suffering', Over 260,000 in Need Slated for Humanitarian Support
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths released from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) on Thursday, $14 million for direct assistance to 262,521 South Sudanese affected by… Read more »
East Africa: Horn of Africa Faces Most Severe Drought in More Than Two Generations - UNICEF
The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on… Read more »
Africa: Climate Action, One Recipe At a Time
Renowned chefs such as UN World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador Chef Manal Al Alem, and Chef José Andres, as well as indigenous home cooks and farmers from around… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: WHO's Tedros Recaps Challenging Year
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern on Wednesday over the evolving COVID-19 situation in China, saying the UN agency continued to receive increasing… Read more »
Malawi: Child Trafficking, Forced Labour Push Thousands to Work On Tobacco Farms - UN Experts
Large numbers of children working on tobacco farms in Malawi are missing school, 13 UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Wednesday, urging the Government and… Read more »
December 20, 2022
Somalia: Urgent Support Needed for Rural Communities Facing Famine, FAO Warns
Famine is fast approaching in Somalia and more than 700,000 people could face starvation next year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday, citing the latest… Read more »
Mali: Grant to UN Mission Boosts Inclusivity for Women in Peacekeeping
A $1.5 million grant to the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, announced on Tuesday, is designed to enable a more inclusive environment for women blue helmets serving in… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: UN Conference Concludes With 'Historic' Deal to Protect a Third of the World's Biodiversity
The UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, concluded early on Monday in Montreal, Canada, with a landmark agreement to protect 30 per cent of the planet’s lands, coastal areas… Read more »
Africa: Guterres Announces 'No Nonsense' Climate Action Summit for September 2023
The UN chief said on Monday he was determined to make 2023 "a year for peace" and a "year for action", highlighting the need for practical solutions to a raft of pressing problems… Read more »
Africa: UN Rights Experts Condemn Attacks in UK On Trafficking Victims' Credibility
Demonising victims of trafficking and modern slavery, turns the public against them and legal methods for keeping them safe, leaving them vulnerable to extremist attacks,… Read more »
December 18, 2022
Africa: As Biodiversity Degrades, Nature's Solutions Are Lost for Ever
Humanity faces unprecedented engineering challenges if it is to survive. Solutions to these challenges are waiting to be discovered in plants, animals, and microbes, but these… Read more »
December 17, 2022
Africa: International Migrants Day - 280 Million People Leave Home for 'A Better Life'
More than 280 million people have left their countries to pursue "opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life", the UN chief said on Sunday, International Migrants Day. Read more »
Mali: UN Chief 'Strongly Condemns' Deaths of Two Peacekeepers in 'Heinous Attack'
Secretary-General António Guterres "strongly condemns" an attack against a UN police patrol in northern Mali that claimed the lives of two Nigerian peacekeepers, according… Read more »
Africa: Why Biodiversity Is Good for Our Health
The natural world has gifted humanity with untold health benefits, and it is believed that it harbours many more undiscovered health breakthroughs. However, we risk losing these… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: UN Launches 10-Year Survival Plan for Endangered Indigenous Languages
From Arctic communities desiring to receive public services in their own languages, to the Arhuaco people in Colombia who still speak Ika, indigenous people across the world are… Read more »
Libya: Libya - Help Make 2023 the Year of 'Free and Fair Elections', Security Council Urged
The first step to legitimacy and security in Libya is to allow registered voters to cast their ballot in fresh elections, UN Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily told the… Read more »
Africa: New UN Report Warns Against 'Dehumanizing' Migrants Looking for Work
No one should have to surrender their human right to migrate in order to find a living wage, the UN human rights office, OHCHR said in a new report published on Friday,… Read more »
Africa: Global Cholera Surge Likely Accelerated By Climate Change, Warns WHO
Climate change has driven an "unprecedented" number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the world this year, the UN health agency, WHO, said on Friday. Read more »
December 15, 2022
Africa: Security Council Examines Rising Terrorism Threat Globally
A UN Security Council meeting on Thursday focused on terrorism began with a sobering reminder of the danger posed by this persistent threat to international peace. Read more »
Africa: UN Launches 'Key' Initiative to Support Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers
Holding those who commit crimes against UN 'blue helmets' to account, is key to improving their safety and security, peace operations chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Thursday,… Read more »
December 14, 2022
South Sudan: UN Rights Chief Appeals for End to 'Senseless Violence' in Upper Nile State
Perpetrators behind deadly violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state must be brought to justice, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Wednesday. Read more »
Africa: 'Dramatically' Evolving Conflict Highlights Importance of Multilateralism, Security Council Hears
Inter-State wars, terrorism, divided collective security, and peacekeeping limitations remain the same challenges facing multilateralism as when the UN was founded7 6 years ago,… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Chief 'Deeply Saddened' By Deaths Amid Floods in DR Congo
The UN chief is "deeply saddened" by the loss of life and heavy damage triggered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the worst floods to hit the country since 2019,… Read more »