Africa

Burning barricades in Bujumbura, as turmoil erupted in Burundi. Photo: Desire Nimubona/IRIN

Burundi: post-election crisis forces UN and partners to seek $32 million in revised relief plan

Internally displaced Chadian women, who fled Boko Haram threats, living with host families in Baga-Sola. Photo: OCHA/Mayanne Munan

UN agency condemns suicide attacks in Chad, pledges continued support

Child soldiers released in South Sudan. Photo: UNICEF/2015/South Sudan/Sebastian Rich

African Union-UN mission in Darfur welcomes rebel group order to ban recruitment of child soldiers

Mobile phones with solar-powered chargers are distributed to all Ebola-quarantined homes in Sella Kafta, Sierra Leone, allowing them to stay in touch with friends and family, which lessens anxiety and resentment.

No new cases of Ebola reported for first time since March 2014 – UN health agency

Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général en RDC, Martin Kobler, avec des Casques bleus de la MONUSCO en mai 2015. Photo : MONUSCO

DR Congo: political tensions ‘running high’ ahead of 2016 elections, UN officials warn

A child receives a vaccination against meningitis at the community centre in Al Neem camp for Internally Displaced People in El Daein, East Darfur, Sudan. Photo: UNAMID/Albert González Farran

UNICEF calls for a joint vaccination plan in Sudan

Le Secrétaire général Ban Ki-moon avec le Président du Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando. Photo ONU/Amanda Voisard

Burkina Faso: Ban meets with transition President Kafando to discuss situation in country

Africa Burkina Faso

A worker at a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With meaningful engagement, mining companies could become partners in achieving the SDGs. UNDP Photo

How can mining contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals?

Foreign Minister of Eritrea, Osman Mohammed Saleh, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session. UN Photo/Cia Pak

Outdated UN system a reflection of world’s dysfunction, Eritrean Minister tells Assembly

Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire to the United Nations, Claude Stanislas Bouah-Kamon, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session. UN Photo/Cia Pak

Côte d’Ivoire tells Assembly it stands as living example of UN’s role in averting chaos

Africa Côte d’Ivoire

Students at the Hamar Jajab School in Mogadishu, Somalia on 20 January 2015. UN Photo/Ilyas Ahmed

Hailing Somalia’s ratification, UN renews call for universalization of child rights treaty

Displaced Central African Republic families in Mpoko site for internally displaced persons, October 2014. Photo: OCHA/Gemma Cortes.

Top UN relief official calls for end to Central African Republic violence, resumption of aid

Africa Central African Republic