Africa

This photo from November 2014 shows IOM providing transportation assistance in South Sudan, moving vulnerable refugees on a UNHCR helicopter. Photo: IOM

General Assembly decision makes International Organization for Migration part of UN system

Africa migrants

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

South Sudan: UN human rights expert calls for the release of journalist Alfred Taban

Africa human rights

Refugees from South Sudan arrive at a UNHCR collection centre on the South Sudan border in Egelo, Uganda. © UNHCR/Will Swanson

Flight across border achingly familiar for some South Sudan families

Africa refugees

A recently arrived South Sudanese refugee loads his belongings into a UNHCR truck at the South Sudan border with Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

Thousands flee to Uganda to escape renewed violence in South Sudan – UN refugee agency

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) provides protection to civilians fleeing recent violence in Wau. Photo: UNMISS

UN staff in South Sudan facing harassment, obstructions – UN Mission reports

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

A nutrition screening for children in the Dalori camp for internally displaced people, in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri in Borno State. Photo: UNICEF/ Esiebo

Children starving in parts of Nigeria held by Boko Haram, UN children’s agency warns

On 14 July 2016, UNICEF using eight tankers, delivered 100,000 litres of water to IDPs in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNICEF South Sudan 51 Print 14 July 2016 – The United N

South Sudan: UN supply warehouse looted; non-critical staff ordered to relocate

Africa World Food Programme

For the first time since 2006, the H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in Cameroon, putting the number of countries in the region who have battled the virus at six. Photo: FAO/Isaac Kasamani

UN agency urges heightened vigilance after H5N1 outbreaks in West and Central Africa

Old Towns of Djenné, Mali. Photo: © UNESCO/Francesco Bandarin

Mali site added to List of World Heritage in Danger – UNESCO

On 14 July 2016, UNICEF using eight tankers, delivered 100,000 litres of water to IDPs in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNICEF South Sudan

South Sudan: UNICEF delivers life-saving aid to civilians displaced by fighting in Juba

Displaced civilians leave the UNMISS (UN Mission in South Sudan) base in UN House, after seeking refuge at the base in the wake of recent fresh clashes in Juba between soldiers of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA in Opposition (SPLA-

Amid fears of renewed fighting in South Sudan, UN peacekeeping chief calls for Security Council action