The figure represents a two-thirds increase in displacement over the past five years, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at the epicentre of overlapping humanitarian […]
Category: Africa
Sudan: El Fasher mosque and hospital attacks leave at least 20 dead
On Thursday, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group reportedly opened fire on Tuesday and Wednesday at […]
UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by deadly protests in Madagascar
“The Secretary-General has been closely following the situation in Madagascar and is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and destruction of property since […]
Thousands flee amid renewed fighting in northern Mozambique, UN warns
The surge in displacement in late September marks a turning point in the conflict – now entering its eighth year – with more than 100,000 […]
Africa needs conflict prevention as the continent faces unprecedented threats
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga was speaking at a Security Council meeting focused on the key issues faced by Africa and cooperation between the UN and the African Union […]
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur
All this, while aid convoys remain blocked from reaching hundreds of thousands trapped close to the frontlines and as the military government and their rival […]
Fewer than one in 10 Somalis to receive life-saving aid in November, warns WFP
“We are seeing a dangerous rise in emergency levels of hunger, and our ability to respond is shrinking by the day,” said Ross Smith, WFP […]
DR Congo: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to lose hope’
Bintou Keita issued the message in an exclusive interview with UN News just a few days after briefing the Security Council on the situation in […]
Sudan: UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in El Fasher
“El Fasher is on the precipice of an even greater catastrophe if urgent measures are not taken to loosen the armed vice upon the city […]
DR Congo: Peace still elusive despite ‘progress we see on paper’, UN official says
“There are discrepancies between the progress we see on paper and the reality we observe on the ground which continues to be marred with violence,” […]
