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The Special Representative of the UN's Secretary-General for Mali, El-Ghassim Wane has reiterated the need for the extension of the mandate of United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali better known as…

A UN human rights expert on Sudan has called for accelerated investigations into killings of protesters and other atrocities, as the death toll since last year's coup nears 100. Sudan has been rocked by deepening unrest and a violent…

The risk of famine in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia keeps getting worse with the prospects of another bad rainy season, the fifth in a row, several UN agencies warned. There have been several warnings by the United Nations on this issue.…

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term by the U.N. health agency's member countries. No other candidate challenged Tedros for the post amid the ongoing difficulties of responding to the…

The U.N. migration agency has announced plans to transfer at least 6,750 Ethiopian migrants from war-torn Yemen to their home country in the coming months. The UN agency appealed for $7.5 million to assist their return. The…

The United Nations Global Concept has launched the African Regional hub in Abuja, Nigeria. The UN Global Concept Africa Strategy 2021-2023 is aimed at accelerating and scale up the impact of private sector to drive progress towards the…

UN chief Antonio Guterres has visited a displaced people's camp in Niger, where he appealed for humanitarian and military aid for an impoverished country battling jihadist insurgents. Guterres travelled to the camp at Ouallam in the…

The United Nations Secretary General, Mr Antonio Guterres has reiterated UN’s commitment to ensure the welfare of Boko Haram victims and Internally Displaced Person in the North-East of Nigeria remains a top priority. The…

The Special representative of the secretary-general and Head of UN peacekeeping force in Mali called the country's transitional government to grant it access to the village of Moura where a military operation killed at least 200 people in…

The Congolese authorities and the United Nations Mission in Congo paid tribute to the eight peacekeepers killed in a helicopter crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week. The crash killed six Pakistanis, a Russian and a…