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Destroyed cars in Mogadishu after the last deadly attack carried out by Al-Shabab just over three weeks ago. Photo Credits: Stuart Price/ UN Photo

Somalis ‘will not be deterred’ by Friday’s terror attacks – UN Chief

Peace and Security

A refugee family from Cameroon sits outside their shelter at Adagom settlement in Ogoja province, south-east Nigeria. Photo Credits: Roqan Ojomo/ UNHCR

Fleeing violence, Cameroonian refugee arrivals in Nigeria pass 30,000, reports UN refugee agency

Migrants and Refugees

A woman stands in front of her home, which was demolished by local militia during violence in Tripoli. Many people, forced to flee their homes, are returning after the ceasefire. Photo credits: UNHCR/Tarik Argaz

Ceasefire holds in Tripoli, but core problems remain, says UN Libya mission chief

Peace and Security

Learning that handwashing is among the best ways to protect yourself against Ebola, school children in Beni, DR Congo visit a UNICEF hand-washing station at their school. Photo Credits: UNICEF/Thomas Nybo

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo conflict zone ‘remains dangerous and unpredictable’ – UN chiefs

Africa ebola health

Photo Credits:Thomas Nybo. On 12 September 2018 in Beni, a UNICEF staff member discusses the best way to protect yourself against Ebola in a conversation with young people living in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, after a recent Ebola outbreak.

Frontline workers vaccinated in Uganda in bid to halt spread of deadly Ebola

Photo credits: UNICEF/Karel Prinsloo. Children walk back to school after competing in an inter-school athletics competition northern Cameroon, 2017.

UN chief condemns student abductions in north-west Cameroon

UN rights chief warns of potential ‘witch-hunt’ as Tanzanian official plans to track and arrest LGBT people

UN rights chief warns of potential ‘witch-hunt’ as Tanzanian official plans to track and arrest LGBT people

Trees donated by the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS are planted at the Exodus Junior Academy in the capital, Juba. (October 2018) Photo Credits: UNMISS/Eric Kanalstein

FROM THE FIELD: Green shoots of peace in South Sudan

UN Photo/Ilyas Ahmed Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan (center), the President of South West State of Somalia addresses journalists during a joint press conference in Baidoa. He is flanked by Nicholas Haysom (left), the UN Secretary-General's Special Representati

‘Stand-off’ between Somalia’s federal, state authorities could ‘paralyze’ progress – UN envoy