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After being triaged at the emergency room, people presenting Ebola-like symptoms are directed to the Department of Infectious Disease. Conakry, Guinea. Photo: WHO/T. Jasarevic

‘Leave no stone unturned’ to halt Ebola’s rapid spread in West Africa, urges UN agency

Hajara, 19, and her children await their first hot meal in over two months. They arrived in Dosseye refugee camp the previous day after fleeing violence in Central African Republic. UNHCR/C.Fohlen

UN relief officials issue urgent appeal as food shortages hit 800,000 refugees in Africa

Africa Regugees

Destruction caused by Boko Haram militia at a police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria. Photo: IRIN/Aminu Abubakar (file photo)

Nigeria: Ban strongly condemns ongoing ‘horrific attacks’ by Boko Haram

These women from Central African Republic are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by the conflict in the country. Photo: UNHCR/F.Noy

Renewed Central African Republic fighting displaces thousands of civilians – UN

Africa peacekeeping

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the 23rd African Union (AU) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

In Equatorial Guinea, Ban pledges closer collaboration with African Union

Photo: Jean-Marc Ferré

‘It is not a crime to carry a camera,’ UN rights chief warns as Egypt sentences journalists

The UN Environment Assembly gets underway in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: UNEP

New UN high-level body on environment opens inaugural session in Nairobi

Photos: UNHCR/S. Sisosmack (background), UNHCR/O.Pain (1st), UNHCR/J. Tanner (2nd), UNHCR/S. Rich (3rd), UNHCR/F. Noy (4th)

‘War’s Human Cost’: World's population of displaced tops 50 million, UN refugee agency reports

Special Envoy for the Sahel Guebre Sellassie briefs the Security Council for the first time since her appointment on 1 May 2014. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz

Tackling Sahel’s enduring challenges requires regional, global cooperation – UN envoy