Africa

Two-year-old, Kuot is being treated for severe acute malnutrition, at the UNICEF-supported Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital, in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNICEF/Sebastian Rich

Unprecedented food crisis looms over strife-torn South Sudan, UN agencies warn

Girls use their new school supplies during a class in an informal learning centre in a UNICEF-supported safe space for children in the Dalori camp for internally displaced people, in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri in Borno State. Photo: UNICEF/UNI193

Nigeria: Security Council condemns ‘heinous’ terrorist attack attributed to Boko Haram

UN Special Representative and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) Parfait Onanga-Anyanga. Photo: MINUSCA

New allegations of sexual abuse emerge against UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic

Too many guns - a fighter with the Coalition of Azawad Movements, the main rebel coalition in northern Mali. Photo: UN Photo/Marco Dormino/Flikr

Briefing: The new Jihadist strategy in the Sahel

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the 26th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2016 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

In Addis Ababa, Ban urges leaders to build on progress in human rights and women's empowerment

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with Senior Advisors summing up activities as part of 26th African Union Summit. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Crisis-torn Burundi's leaders should pursue dialogue, listen to concerns of their people – UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre), accompanied by World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin (right), visited drought-affected Ziway Dugda Woreda, Oromia Region in Ethiopia. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Visiting drought-hit region of Ethiopia, Ban urges support to Government-led humanitarian efforts

Africa Ethiopia

An internally displaced Congolese girl peels vegetables while taking care of her sister in Northern Kivu, DRC.

Fighting in eastern DRC forces thousands to flee

CEO Dr Mayaki moderating a discussion on capacity development needs at launch of AU leadership academy launch

African public servants to benefit from launch of African Union Leadership Academy

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ at more sexual abuse allegations against troops in Central African Republic

Children at a displacement camp in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Photo: OCHA/Naomi Frerotte

‘Waves of violence’ by rebels in eastern DR Congo forces thousands to flee – UN

Africa DR Congo

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Kyung-wha Kang (centre) pays a visit to a mobile dental school bus in the Maekel region of Eritrea. Photo: OCHA/Laila Bourhil

In Eritrea, UN deputy relief chief urges support for vulnerable communities