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Drought has affected residents of the Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania, in the Sahel region of Africa. Photo: WFP/Justin Smith

UN, partners seek $2 billion to help millions of people across Africa’s Sahel region

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Mark Garten

Mozambique: UN chief welcomes dialogue between President and opposition leader

A family in Diffa, Niger, after fleeing violence in northern Nigeria. Photo: OCHA/Franck Kuwonu

Violence in northern Nigeria sparks major new exodus into Niger border region, UN warns

A girl looks out of her house window in Benghazi, Libya. Photo: UNSMIL

New UN rights report depicts ‘turmoil, lawlessness’ in Libya

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, Valerie Amos, briefs journalists on her visit to South Sudan. UN Photo/Isaac Gideon

‘Peace, stability and security’ vital for South Sudan’s desperate, war-weary people, says top UN relief official

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard (file)

Timely preparations ‘imperative’ to credible, free, transparent elections in Nigeria, says UN chief

Participants at the Libya dialogue, Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 27 January 2015. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Libya: UN mission condemns attack on oilfield, calls for immediate ceasefire

Workers build an enclosure at the Mayagba Ebola community care centre construction site in Bombali District, which is among the areas worst affected by the disease in Sierra Leone. Photo: UNICEF/John James

Ebola: UN crisis response mission opens new office in Mali

Ebola: December 1 target for response may not be met in some areas of West Africa, UN reports