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In Lagos, Nigeria, residents navigate the polluted waters of Makoko, a fishing community mostly made up of structures on stilts above Lagos Lagoon, as smog spreads throughout the canals.

Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: UN rights expert

Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, addresses the GA general debate in 2019.

Despite lagging in the Global Goals, Africa can meet the 2030 deadline: Rwandan President

Africa general assembly

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (centre), President of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, opens the general debate of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly.

‘We need solutions’, not cynicism; UN Assembly President urges world leaders to do more to tackle global ills

Cholera Vaccination Campaign in Beira is carried out by the Mozambique Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners. (2019)

UN welcomes ‘most comprehensive agreement ever’ on global health

Secretary-General António Guterres, Greta Thunberg and others on stage at the Youth Climate Summit.

Youth activists press for bold action on climate, vow to hold leaders accountable

Africa climate change

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar and others meeting in Juba.

South Sudan’s peace process ‘precarious, but progress in being made’, Security Council hears

Peace & Security

A boy looks through a classroom window.

One million facing food shortages, nutrition crisis after Mozambique cyclones: UNICEF

Humanitarian Aid

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande speaks to UN News.

INTERVIEW: Poverty, education and inclusion top new General Assembly President’s priority list

Pastoralists moved to temporary sites close to permanent water point.

More funds needed to counter ‘persistent and multi-faceted humanitarian problems’ in Ethiopia

Humanitarian Aid