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Ebola: industry leaders meet to discuss vaccine trials, as UN agencies continue aid push

People traveling from Ebola-affected States to be screened

OHCHR Director in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Scott Campbell (right), and Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović visit Shabunda, in the DRC’s South Kivu province in May 2012. UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: UN rights chief condemns government's decision to expel envoy

Extreme violence in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states in Nigeria has led some 250,000 civilians to flee their homes and find refuge in safer areas, staying mainly with host families. Photo: UNHCR/Helen Caux

UN agency reports growing number of refugees as Nigeria insurgency continues

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China "long-standing" partnership with Africa continues to evolve

WFP food convoy delivers assistance across Sierra Leone to various districts (September 2014). Photo: WFP/Gon Myers

UN chief stresses need for urgent global action as Ebola continues deadly rampage

A young boy carries away a box of food from a distribution centre in Afgoye, Somalia. Photo: AU/UN/IST/Tobin Jones

One million Somalis at risk of starvation, UN envoy warns, briefing Security Council

Maged Abdelaziz. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Industrialization crucial for structural transformation in Africa

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Kicking off ‘Africa Week’ at Headquarters, UN officials call for integrated, peaceful continent

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Construction workers race against time to finish another Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberia, adding another 200 beds to treat patients. Photo: WHO/P. Desloovere

‘We are late, but not too late to fight and win this battle,’ against Ebola – UN

A Senegalese UN peacekeeper patrols along with a Malian soldier in Kidal in July 2013. Photo: MINUSMA/Marco Dormino

Mali: Ban voices ‘outrage’ as UN peacekeeper killed in second deadly attack this month

With funds from the World Bank Group, UNICEF delivers essential supplies to Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola outbreak. Photo: World Bank/Francis Ato Brown

Ban urges international community to escalate Ebola response amid worsening outbreak