Africa

From Policy to Practice: Capacity-building Workshop on Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education (PVE-E) in West Africa and the Sahel

Mauritania: Urgent action needed as food insecurity grips communities

Africa Food Security

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

Egypt urged to free prominent couple jailed arbitrarily since last June: UN rights office

Woman carrying vegetables.

Rwanda still committed to CAADP implementation for Agricultural transformation

The Italian Navy rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Two shipwrecks add to ‘alarming increase’ in migrant deaths off Libya coast: IOM

Mary Amaik and her family sit in their small house in Pibor, South Sudan.

“The conflict must end”: Fighting threatens to drive up hunger in South Sudan’s lean season

Walls of a building, which once housed a court, riddled with holes caused by heavy artillery in Gao, Mali.

UN chief condemns attack targeting international forces in northern Mali

A woman walks through a village in Chad. Photo: Naomi Frerotte

Africa’s Sahel must be a top priority for UN peacebuilding efforts, says commission

E. Wilkins Nah, County Attorney of Bong County in Central Liberia.

From where I stand: “We need men who will stand up for the rights of women and girls”

Grandi praises generosity of Niger for hosting thousands of refugees

Happy children as their mother prepares porridge.

Realizing the Potential of Safety Nets in Malawi

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, briefs the Security Council on the situation in Mali

Mali: Presidential elections critical to consolidate democracy, says UN peacekeeping chief