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A mother holds her 3-month-old baby as he receives a vaccination against measles at a health centre in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Coronavirus poses latest threat to battered health system in DR Congo

Africa COVID-19

A mother and her baby at Internally Displaced People (IDP) Camp B in Mafa, Borno State, Nigeria.

Nigeria: UN and partners acting to avert coronavirus spread in displacement camps

Africa COVID-19

Three former child soldiers at Elevage camp in Bambari, Central African Republic.

UN official applauds move by Central African Republic to prevent child recruitment

Africa Central African Republic

Ox ploughs have been delivered to women's groups in Rumbek North to enable the cultivation of larger areas.

Women plough the way to peace in South Sudan resettlement project

In Mozambique, many Beira communities affected by Cyclone Idai face serious waste management issues, raising the risk of disease.

Many Mozambicans still struggling to get back on their feet, one year after cyclone

Africa Mozambique

Twenty-nine-year-old Wala Matari, a former terrorist hostage, attends church with her children in the village of Zamai in the Far North region of Cameroon

More support key for counter-terrorism in Africa, where ‘misogyny is at the heart of so many’ groups

Africa Security Council

An unusually early and exceptionally intense heatwave has set new temperature records in Europe, posing a major threat to people's health, agriculture and the environment

Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere

A young Burundian refugee completes an exercise on a blackboard in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania.

Burundi election countdown amid ‘deteriorating’ human rights situation

Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan, (centre right) shakes hands with Riek Machar, who was sworn in as First Vice President of the new Transitional Government of National Unity on 22 February 2020.

Deadlock broken, South Sudan on road to ‘sustainable peace,’ but international support still key

Africa South Sudan