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A young boy carries away a box of food from a distribution centre in Afgoye, Somalia. Photo: AU/UN/IST/Tobin Jones

One million Somalis at risk of starvation, UN envoy warns, briefing Security Council

Africa Week

Kicking off ‘Africa Week’ at Headquarters, UN officials call for integrated, peaceful continent

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Construction workers race against time to finish another Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberia, adding another 200 beds to treat patients. Photo: WHO/P. Desloovere

‘We are late, but not too late to fight and win this battle,’ against Ebola – UN

A Senegalese UN peacekeeper patrols along with a Malian soldier in Kidal in July 2013. Photo: MINUSMA/Marco Dormino

Mali: Ban voices ‘outrage’ as UN peacekeeper killed in second deadly attack this month

With funds from the World Bank Group, UNICEF delivers essential supplies to Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola outbreak. Photo: World Bank/Francis Ato Brown

Ban urges international community to escalate Ebola response amid worsening outbreak

UN Photo/Kim Haughton

UN budget committee approves funding for UN Ebola response mission

Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) Anthony Banbury (centre) speaks to reporters in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: UNMIL/Emmanuel Tobey

Amid ongoing outbreak, head of UN Ebola response mission begins work with visit to Liberia

Photo: WHO/S. Gborie

Ebola outbreak ‘running’ ahead of world’s response, UN warns as funding lags

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson addresses the High-Level briefing by African Regional Economic Communities to Member States of the United Nations. UN Photo/Cia Pak

Africa’s achievements, challenges in peace, development focus of UN meeting