Africa

People gather at Mikolongo school in Chikwawa district, Malawi, to receive rations of maize, pulses, oil and fortified corn soya blend from WFP to prevent malnutrition. Photo: WFP/Dannie Phiri

As Malawi reels from devastating floods, UN food agency delivers vital supplies

UN Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark washes her hands on arrival in Ebola-affected Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: UNDP/Dylan Lowthian

Ebola: UN health agency turns to foreign medical teams in last phase of combat against virus

Photo: FAO

Ebola: World Bank will provide seeds to farmers in West Africa to ward off hunger

Drought has affected residents of the Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania, in the Sahel region of Africa. Photo: WFP/Justin Smith

UN, partners seek $2 billion to help millions of people across Africa’s Sahel region

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

Mozambique: UN chief welcomes dialogue between President and opposition leader

Aboubacar (wearing glasses), surrounded by his family, talks with UNICEF’s Mouctar Touré and Kadijah Diallo. (c) Léon Kamano

More than 16,000 children lost parents or caregivers to Ebola - many are taken in by the communities: UNICEF

Eradicating exclusion key to ending the violence in CAR, says UNDP

A family in Diffa, Niger, after fleeing violence in northern Nigeria. Photo: OCHA/Franck Kuwonu

Violence in northern Nigeria sparks major new exodus into Niger border region, UN warns

A girl looks out of her house window in Benghazi, Libya. Photo: UNSMIL

New UN rights report depicts ‘turmoil, lawlessness’ in Libya

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, Valerie Amos, briefs journalists on her visit to South Sudan. UN Photo/Isaac Gideon

‘Peace, stability and security’ vital for South Sudan’s desperate, war-weary people, says top UN relief official

Photo: EITI via Flickr CC

Building Negotiating Capacity in Africa to Make the Most from Mining Deals

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard (file)

Timely preparations ‘imperative’ to credible, free, transparent elections in Nigeria, says UN chief