UN resumes evacuation of migrants from Libya
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has started the evacuations of migrants from Libya to Niger for resettlement in third countries. The UN […]
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UN Chief denounces attack on village in north-west Nigeria
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack this weekend on a village in the Nigerian province of Kaduna and underscored the need […]
Largest-ever global response to cholera targets 2 million people in Africa
The largest cholera vaccination drive in history targeting two million people across Africa is underway, the United Nations announced on Monday, in response to a […]
DRC: UN Investigators discover 5 probable mass graves
The United Nations investigators have discovered five probable mass graves in eastern Congo’s Ituri Province, a UN peacekeeping mission said in a statement. More than […]
South Sudan: vaccination campaigns to reach more than 140,000 people
The United Nations migration agency and its partners are set to begin a second round of an oral cholera vaccination campaign in Malakal and Wau, […]
Malian parties urged to implement 2015 peace agreement
A senior United Nations official Wednesday urged Malian parties to implement 2015 peace agreement, insisting that it is time to move from promises to actions. […]
Militias kill UN peacekeeper, score of civilians in Central African Republic
Christian anti-balaka militants on Tuesday attacked the United Nations base in Tagbara, about 300 km northeast of the capital of the Central Africa Republic, killing […]
Canada to deploy helicopters and support troops to war-torn Mali
The Canadian government will send troops, helicopters and medical staff, to terrorism-stricken Mali later this year as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, a […]
EU to allocate 50 mln euros to Libya to curb illegal immigration
The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Libya on Tuesday, announced a new program worth €50 million to support the North African nation’s cities […]
DR Congo: Flaring tensions could ‘plunge Kasai region into new violence,’ UN warns
The United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday that ongoing instability in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) poses a grave […]