UN and Africa

Forgotten humanitarian crisis in north-east Nigeria

Somalia electoral season begins

What’s been described as a “complicated” electoral process is now underway in Somalia. The indirect elections are being held to choose a parliament and president, with hopes that one-person, one-vote elections will take place in 2020. Michael Keating is the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia and head of the UN mission in the country, UNSOM. Dianne Penn asked him about the complexity and significance of the electoral process.

“Extreme concern” over increased armed conflict in South Sudan

Very serious challenges remain “on the ground” in South Sudan