UN and Africa

"Time running out” to stop terrorism’s spread across the Sahel

Time is “running out” to find and implement solutions to the spread of terrorist groups and their extremist ideology across Africa’s Sahel region. That’s according to El Ghassim Wane, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, briefing the Security Council on Tuesday. He was outlining preparations for the deployment of a new Sahel Joint Force, by the governments of the so-called G-5: Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad.

Arrival of South Sudan force allows peacekeepers to patrol “insecure roads”

Engagement of regional countries “good thing” for South Sudan peace process

North-east Nigeria’s problems principally due to “development failures”

Children increasingly bear brunt of CAR violence amid mass displacement

Horrific and deadly acts of violence against babies and children have been reported in the Central African Republic (CAR), where fighting has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in recent months. The warning follows months of renewed conflict involving armed groups in the mineral-rich state, which has seen decades of instability after declaring independence in 1960. Daniel Johnson has more.

MONUSCO “working very closely” with DRC generals on civilian protection

Over 7 million children crossing borders in West and Central Africa: UN

UNHCR Special Envoy urges more support for Somalia refugees

Despite ebb in famine, conflict fuelling rise in hunger in South Sudan

Action plan gives “renewed hope” to people with albinism in Africa