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A makeshift refugee shelter beside the highway east of Diffa, Niger.

Thousands newly displaced by Boko Haram in Niger

Cattle can be more resilient than crops. Photo: www.karamoja.eu

Uganda’s Karamoja faces drought emergency

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West Hararghe region, Ethiopia, December 2015. Some 10.2 million people are food insecure amidst one of the worst droughts to hit Ethiopia in decades.

FAO presents $50 million emergency plan as Ethiopia faces worst drought in 30 years

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10.2 million food insecure after major crop failure, livestock losses due to El Niño

Secretary-General appoints advocates to build widespread support for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Wildlife. UN Photo/E Darroch

Funding shortfall threatens UN efforts to counter El Niño-exacerbated drought in southern Africa

Signing of the Libyan Political Agreement in Skhirat, Morocco, 17 December 2015. Photo: UNSMIL

As Libyan parties delay naming unity government, UN urges steps to end political divisions

On 29 May, Centia, 12, walks barefoot across dusty ground in Kirundo Province, Burundi. Photo credit: UNICEF/UNI186074/Nijimbere

‘Alarming’ new patterns of violations emerging in Burundi – UN rights chief

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Countless schools have been destroyed by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria since 2009. Photo: Mohammad Ibrahim/IRIN

Terrorism remains major threat in West Africa despite electoral progress – senior UN official

Africa terrorism

MONUSCO troops providing an armed escort. Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN

Can the UN patch things up in Congo?

Africa conflict

A child who lost members of his family to the Ebola virus plays at the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) Child Care Centre in Nzérékoré, Guinea. UN Photo/Martine Perret

West Africa declared free of Ebola transmission, but UN health agency warns new flare-ups possible

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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 deadly suicide bombing at mosque in Cameroon

Relatives of a student killed in Burundi's political violence. Photo: Phil Moore/IRIN

How a city in Tanzania holds the key to peace in Burundi*

Africa Peace & Security