UN and Africa

UNMISS

UN and Africa: UN refugee chief in Somalia, closing of POC site and 'Childhood under Attack' in South Sudan

21 December 2017

First closure of civilian protection site in South Sudan

Hundreds of families who had been sheltering at a UN camp in South Sudan are returning home due to improved security. That's according to the UN mission in the country, UNMISS, which for the first time has closed one of its protection of civilian sites, or POCs. These locations provide sanctuary for internally displaced people (IDPs) who have fled conflict which broke out four years ago. Irene Lasu has been speaking to Sam Muhumure, the mission's

UN and Africa: Emergency Response Funding, Somalia's future, and a UN Volunteer from Kenya

14 December 2017

UN and Africa

More than two-thirds of emergency response fundinggoing to Africa

More than two-thirds of UN emergency response funding is still likely to go to alleviate humanitarian crisis in Africa. That’s according to Chief of CERF, Lisa Doughten, who said after the recent annual pledging conference for 2018 at UN Headquarters that a total of $383 million had been registered for next year. With funding this year likely to be the highest since CERF’s inception in 2006, she said next year’s total was especially important since global needs have “skyrocketed”. A total of $22.5

UN and Africa: UN volunteers, land policies for the “Africa we want” and space technology

7 December 2017

UN and Africa

Raising the profile of UN Volunteers in Sudan

Building roads, empowering young people and contributing to peace and development efforts: those are just some of the duties performed by more than 200 international and local volunteers working with the UN in Sudan. Roughly half of these UN Volunteers are serving at the joint African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), in areas such as human rights, child protection and community stabilization. However, whether