UN envoy outlines her vision for Great Lakes region of Africa
The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa on Monday briefed the Security Council on her first mission to the region.
The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa on Monday briefed the Security Council on her first mission to the region.
In India's Tamil Nadu state, thousands of people desperate for money are offered advance payments to work in the region's many brick kilns.
For too long road safety has been viewed through the lens of motorists, ignoring the needs of pedestrians and cyclists, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
More than 600 journalists have been killed in the line of duty over the past decade, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The security situation in Manono, Mitwaba and Pweto, in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the “Triangle of Death”, remains volatile.
One of the hardships that refugee children face is a lack of education to give them a foundation for their future.
Children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic in Chad are no exception.
Warnings that began as far back as the Somali drought in 2010 did not trigger sufficient early action to avert the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini.
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The year 2012 was hot! It was ranked among one of the top 10 warmest years on record, says Omar Baddour from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This, despite the cooling influence of La Niña early in the year.
There are currently more than 1.3 million registered refugees in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt, according to UNFPA, the UN Population Fund.
The majority are living in host communities, outside of camp settings, which is putting strains on local services.