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UNHCR and partners register new refugees arriving from Central African Republic (CAR) in the Chadian village of Mini, one of the three locations near the borders hosting new arrivals since 12 June 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Victorien Ndakass

Thousands fleeing violent clashes in Central African Republic – UN refugee agency

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Ethiopian soldiers with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), after a battle with Al-Shabaab militants on 9 June 2016 in Halgan village, Hiran region, Somalia. Photo: AMISOM/Ilyas Ahmed

Security Council extends African Union mission in Somalia

A severe drought in Ethiopia has meant that Sofia, 12, has to walk 35 kilometres from her family's home to the nearest water point, then all the way back carrying heavy containers.

Floods deal ‘staggering’ blow to pastoralists recovering from Ethiopia’s long drought – UN

Protesters calling for justice for the deaths of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josphat Mwenda, and their taxi driver, Joseph Muirur. Photo: OHCHR

UN rights office condemns killing of Kenyan human rights lawyer

A Senegalese Quick Reaction Force (QRF) in Bangui, Central African Republic, to bolster forces of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). UN Photo/Nektarios Markogiannis

UN rights chief warns of violence re-escalating in Central African Republic

Operations Director of the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), John Ging (centre), walks around the Kanaba IDP site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a visit on 24 June 2016. Photo: OCHA/Vicky Prekabo

DR Congo, Angola must be ‘in funding spotlight’ – UN humanitarian official

Cameroon military on the lookout for Boko Haram militants in the Far North Kolofata community, along the border with Nigeria. Photo: Monde Kingsley Nfor/IRIN

UN chief condemns suicide attack in northern Cameroon, urging support to counter Boko Haram

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UN peacekeepers in Liberia. Photo: UNMIL/Staton Winter

UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia handing over security responsibility to national forces

Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), briefs the Security Council. UN Photo/Manuel Elias

INTERVIEW: Conversation with top UN official on security and peace efforts in Mali