Africa

Special Representative Martin Kobler of Germany. UN Photo/Kim Haughton

Libya: UN envoy holds New Year talks to boost support for unity accord

UN peacekeepers keep a watchful eye on proceedings at a polling centre as the Central African Republic (CAR) voted in presidential and legislative elections. Photo: MINUSCA

UN peacekeepers help provide security as Central African Republic holds elections

Africa Central African Republic

Testing of the mobile phone-based video microscope in Cameroon. Photo: NIAID.

New phone technology to help fight river blindness

Africa River Blindness

As schools reopen across Guinea, WFP is resuming its school meals programme in all four regions of the country.

UN agency expands meals programme to more than 1,600 schools across Guinea

Affordable and effective vaccine brings Africa close to elimination of meningitis A

OCHA Director of Operations John Ging (centre), meeting with community representatives, during a one-day visit to Upper Nile State, South Sudan, on 21 October 2015.

South Sudan: UN relief wing warns of 80 per cent increase in food insecurity over past year

Africa food insecurity

Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone – UN health agency

Africa Sierra Leone

IDP’S attend a training session on Human Rights, Gender and Sexual Violence in Mogadishu, Somalia, which was supported by the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).

UN-supported toll-free hotline aims to help tackle gender-based violence in Somalia

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Mark Garten

Western Sahara: as conflict nears fortieth year, UN chief reiterates call for 'true negotiations'

Africa Western Saharan Conflict

Humanitarian food assistance at the Zintan main food warehouse in the Nafusa Mountains, Libya. Photo: OCHA/Jihan El Alaily

Top UN humanitarian official in Libya calls for immediate release of abducted aid workers

Leadership Lessons in Dadaab, Kenya.

How the world’s top executives are preparing students in Dadaab for leadership

Peacekeepers of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMISS) man a guard post overlooking a POC (Protection of Civilians) site in Juba.

South Sudan: UN mission secures safe release of all personnel taken hostage in Upper Nile state