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UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien (top, centre), on a visit to South Sudan, meets with women representatives in the Protection of Civilians site 3, in the capital Juba. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine

'Senseless cycle of violence' in South Sudan must end – UN humanitarian chief

World Health Organization (WHO) official, Dr. Ahmed El Ganainy, checks the eyes of a little girl during a joint humanitarian assessment mission to Marka, Somalia, on 9 July 2014. UN Photo/David Mutua

As health needs rise in Somalia, funding hits new low, cutting off 1.5 million from care – UN

New arrivals from Mali sit inside one of the tents at Mbera Camp, some 50 kilometres inside Mauritania

Amid surging violence in surrounding Northern Mali, Timbuktu heritage sites rebuilt

Delegates applaud the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda at the Third Financing for Development Conference which concluded on 16 July

FFD3 Conference yields commitment to financing for gender equality

Un soldat monte la garde devant un bureau de vote dans la capitale du Burundi, Bujumbura

Ban urges parties in Burundi to refrain from violence during elections

A young man at a vocational education and training centre, participating in the World Bank’s National Initiative for Human Development Support Project (INDH). Photo: Dana Smillie/World Bank

ADDIS: first UN World Youth Skills Day celebrates importance of empowering young people

As negotiations on the draft text of FFD3 entered its final stages, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a successful outcome is vital for the future sustainable development agenda and could shape international cooperation for years to come. UN Photo/E

UN Decoded: Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD3)

In many rural economies, the forest enterprises of families and communities are major contributors to local livelihoods

ADDIS: 'historic' agreement reached on financing for new UN sustainable development agenda

Africa financing for development

Source: DPI

ADDIS: UN officials hail outcome of financing conference as first milestone of 2015