Africa

Malawi: Making a difference in Darfur with the UN every day

“Condoms will just disappear from our homes and we will know they are being used,” said 'Maneo Ramabanta, in Lesotho, where HIV prevention efforts must reach vulnerable adolescents.

HIV prevention efforts must reach most vulnerable – adolescents, young women, LGBTI communities

Dr. Alhassane Toure vaccinates a health worker at a health centre in the city of Mbandaka (16 June 2018).

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared over, now let’s tackle other health challenges: WHO chief

Elizabeth Throssell, Spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

UN rights office appeals for peaceful Zimbabwe elections amid reports of intimidation

UN Women Executive Director visits Senegal to put women farmers at the heart of the gender equality agenda

In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Moussa Faki, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, sign a Framework Agreement between the two organizations.

UN-African Union partnership ‘not a choice but a necessity’, Security Council hears

Farmers in Uganda are facing increasingly erratic climatic conditions which are impacting on agricultural production.

FROM THE FIELD: Weather reports come to aid of Uganda’s farmers

Nelson Mandela, then Deputy President of the African National Congress of South Africa, raises his fist in the air while addressing the Special Committee Against Apartheid in the General Assembly Hall.

UN marks 100 years since Mandela’s birth with a vow to continue struggle for equality

Africa Leadership

Mrs. Belay with her husband, Priest Leul Hunegnaw, in front of their barn. She says contraception has had a liberating effect.

Family planning liberating for women in rural Ethiopia

Sun Is All You Need: Unmiss Empowers Rumbek Radio Station

Villages ‘reduced to ash’ amid ‘barbaric violence’ in DR Congo, reports UN refugee agency

Africa violence

Humanitarian Situation Worsens as Over 800,000 Displaced People Face Cold and Heavy Rains in Ethiopia