Africa

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

Operations Director of the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), John Ging (centre), walks around the Kanaba IDP site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a visit on 24 June 2016. Photo: OCHA/Vicky Prekabo

DR Congo, Angola must be ‘in funding spotlight’ – UN humanitarian official

Cameroon military on the lookout for Boko Haram militants in the Far North Kolofata community, along the border with Nigeria. Photo: Monde Kingsley Nfor/IRIN

UN chief condemns suicide attack in northern Cameroon, urging support to counter Boko Haram

Africa Cameroon

Trouble in the heart of Mali

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

INTERVIEW: Conversation with top UN official on security and peace efforts in Mali

UN peacekeepers in Liberia. Photo: UNMIL/Staton Winter

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

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

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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Barren fields due to the impact of El Niño-induced drought in the Southern African nation of Lesotho. Photo: FAO

El Niño puts more than 26 million children at risk in Eastern and Southern Africa – UNICEF

Africa El Niño

Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel Toby Lanzer. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Senior UN relief official warns of demographic challenges and growing humanitarian needs in the Sahel

Some IDPs in Gubio camp, Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria have started small businesses in order to try to make a living while displaced from Boko Haram-related violence. Photo: OCHA/Fragkiska Megaloudi

UN allocates $13 million from emergency fund to support people in north-eastern Nigeria

Yacoub El Hillo. UN Photo/Anne-Laure Lechat

Ban names humanitarian coordinator in Syria as new Deputy Special Representative for Liberia