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Young girls attend a maths class at a school in Niger's Diffa region, where more than half of the students are Nigerians who have been displaced by fighting. Photo: UNHCR/K. Mahoney

On African Child Day, UN education envoy urges focus on kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls

Rally for the Nigerian schoolgirls. UN Photo

Nigeria: UN envoy urges national actors to ‘close ranks’ to ensure release of schoolgirls

Internally Displaced Children in Bangui, Central African Republic. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Two UN agencies highlight plight of Central African Republic in Rome

Somalis need support in a wide range of activities, from cropping to livestock breeding and fisheries. Photo: FAO/Frank Nyakairu

Late rains give rise to concerns about harvest prospects, food security in Somalia – UN

Elements of the Malawi contingent of the Intervention Brigade on a joint patrol with Government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: UN and partners renew call for surrender of Rwandan rebel group

Africa conflict

Hilde F. Johnson, Special Representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, meets with President Salva Kiir. Photo: UNIFEED video still

Top UN envoy in South Sudan stepping down after three years

Africa peacekeeping

Malnourished children from Central African Republic at feeding time with their mothers in Batouri Hospital, Cameroon. Photo: UNHCR/F. Noy

Central African children fleeing to Cameroon on ‘journey of starvation, death’ – UN

A man and his child walk through a crowded site for internally displaced people in the Central African Republic capital, Bangui, where many people remain at risk. Photo: UNHCR/S. Phelps

Central African Republic: Ban deplores recent attacks, urges end to ‘cycle of violence’

A group of displaced women and children rest on Ethiopian territory after crossing the Baro River from South Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/L.F. Godinho

Tens of thousands more South Sudanese have fled fighting following truce – UN agency