United Nations Stories
Salim was, arguably, the closest Africa has come to clinching the UN’s top job. His age, diplomatic poise, and Pan-Africanist ethos made him a standou...
The mission's renewal reflects a sobering reality: the country's internal fragility continues to pose a threat to regional peace and security.
The notice has gone to airlines and was given so that Somalia complies with United Nations Resolution 2758, passed in 1971 and which saw the Beijing g...
The summit brought together key leaders from AUSSOM troop-contributing countries, ministers of foreign affairs and defence, as well as representatives...
Lamamra, serving as the Personal Representative of Secretary-General António Guterres, delivered a special message to General Abdel Fattah outlining t...
The president noted that the Security Council’s post-World War II framework is no longer in line with today’s world, which is characterised by a multi...
The international community is at a “critical inflexion point,” the UNODC said, urging that failure to address the problem would have “unprecedented c...
The mission's exit strategy will be informed by progressive improvement in the capacity of the Somali security forces to take over full responsibility...
The Distributed AI Research Institute says these platforms are allowing content that promotes violence, recruits fighters, and dehumanises entire comm...
The realignment of AU troops from ATMIS to AUSSOM is expected to be completed by June 30 this year, ahead of the launch of phase two of the mission, w...
Even before the aid cuts led by the United States, things were backsliding in some countries, and progress has slowed globally since 2016, the report...
The Special Representative further said she was "extremely shocked by the heinous attack" on peacekeepers whose mission is to protect civilians.
The funding gaps mean refugees may have to pay for their health care, but many lack the financial means. This will increase the burden on already over...
First Vice President Riek Machar was put under house arrest in the capital Juba on Wednesday, in effect voiding a 2018 peace deal that ended a five-ye...
The experts warned that children are increasingly becoming victims of indiscriminate attacks, sexual violence, and recruitment by armed groups amid th...
Those facing acute hunger are classified as Phase 3 or higher in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Of the 28 million in Congo,...
President William Ruto on Thursday said he had called President Kiir to discuss the situation leading to Machar’s arrest and detention.
Police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said the total budget for the mission in the current financial year 2024/2025 is Sh2.1 billion and not Sh4.5 billion...
Rights advocates have for years raised concerns about stigma faced by Muslims and Arabs because of how some people conflate those communities with Isl...
Mugambe was charged under the UK's modern slavery act with conspiring with John Leonard Mugerwa, who was then Uganda's deputy high commissioner, to fa...
The United Nations rights agency said on Saturday that increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threatened the fragile peace process
Several members of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF), including an injured general, were killed during the attempt by the United Nations...
Uganda's 10 confirmed cases have been linked to Ebola's Sudan strain which does not have an approved vaccine.
With IGAD and the AU actively engaged in stabilising the country, failure to act decisively could risk broader insecurity spilling across borders.
People ran through the streets, some bleeding and carrying limp bodies, video showed. Residents said they saw dead bodies, but there was no immediate...
Compounding the crisis are floods in riverine areas, conflicts in central and southern Somalia, and displacement.
The United Nations has warned of surging child recruitment, abductions, killings and sexual violence as the rebels, known as M23, press on after seizi...
Currently, Nairobi hosts 86 UN offices, 73 of which are housed within the UNON complex, supporting a workforce of 20,000 from 165 countries.
Famine conditions have been reported in at least five locations in Sudan, including displacement camps in Darfur, the U.N. statement said, adding that...
Since the war began, over nine million people have been displaced within Sudan, including 266,000 refugees forced to flee multiple times.
