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Locusts can devastate crops and pastures.

East Africa locusts threaten food security across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency

A child runs through the debris and wreckage in downtown Benghazi, Libya.

Libya: ‘Dire and untenable’ situation for tens of thousands of children in unrelenting conflict

After armed clashes, a child walks among the charred ruins of Alindao, a city in the Central African Republic.

UN peacekeepers protecting hundreds displaced by Central African Republic fighting

Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali: UN peacekeeping chief

Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali: UN peacekeeping chief

UNFPA has been supporting pregnant women in West Darfur following an increase in instability in the region.

Sudan: Lives of traumatized, displaced women in West Darfur under threat

An aerial view of Tripoli, Libya from a UN aircraft. (file)

UN Libya Mission strongly condemns bombing of military academy, at least 30 dead

President Salva Kiir (right) of South Sudan with leader Riek Machar.

UN chief welcomes decision to delay formation of South Sudan unity government

Peace and Security

UN Female Police Officer of the Year, Major Seynabou Diouf of Senegal.

Senegalese police officer serving in the DRC awarded 2019 UN Female Police Officer of the Year

Africa Peacekeeeping

Félix Antoine Tshilombo Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-fourth session.

DR Congo President outlines vision for a ‘more representative’ UN Security Council

Africa general assembly