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Over the past decade, Senegal has increased the proportion of children enrolled in primary school. Photo : ©AfricaPhotos.com

Senegal strives for Millennium goals

Reducing poverty requires will, money and community action

Ibrahim Gambari Photo : ©Africa Recovery / Ernest Harsch

Africa in brief

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (3rd right) speaks at the opening press conference of the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016), in Durban, South Africa. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Addressing AIDS conference in South Africa, Ban calls for scaling up global response

Working towards sustainable development means that communities such as the people in Kitabi, Rwanda get to enjoy the fruits of globalization. Workers in Kitabi Tea Processing Facility process 48 000 tons of green leaf per day for export.

Restoring the economy’s ability to deliver prosperity

Africa United NationsThe Sustainable Development Goals must become the yardstick for judging inclusive growth

UN peacekeepers in Liberia. Photo: UNMIL/Staton Winter

UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia handing over security responsibility to national forces

Health worker checking the installation of an anti-mosquito device at the entrance of a house. Such devices may help to trap mosquitoes, flies and insects. Photo: WHO/TDR/S. Lim

UN launching yellow fever vaccination campaigns on Angola-DRC border

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Wide view of the Security Council on 29 June 2016 where members took action on mandates of peacekeeping operations in Mali, Darfur, and the Golan Heights. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Security Council extends mandates of UN peacekeeping operations in Darfur, Golan and Mali

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita at the High-level meeting on the Malian Political Process. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

On first anniversary of Mali peace accord, Ban welcomes President's commitment to peace

Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), briefs the Security Council. UN Photo/Manuel Elias

Malian parties must make peace and reconciliation ‘a reality,’ UN envoy tells Security Council

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Faustin Archange Touadera, President, Central African Republic (CAR). UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Ban welcomes Central African Republic President's resolve to seek all-inclusive resolution to crisis

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A street scene in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). Photo: MINUSCA

UN to continue following up on human rights abuse allegations in Central African Republic

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Amid fighting in South Sudan, senior UN officials urge protection for all communities

Africa peacekeeping

Secretary-General has called on leaders “to impose discipline on their forces and to exercise maximum restraint