UN and Africa

Families fled their home in north-east Nigeria in fear of the militant group Boko Haram. File
OCHA/Franck Kuwonu.

UN and Africa: focus on Sahel and South Sudan

17 August 2017
UN and Africa

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

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UNMISS chief David Shearer greets members of the Rwandan battalion of the Regional Protection Force (RPF) in South Sudan.
UN Photo/Isaac Billy.

UN and Africa: focus on South Sudan force, DRC atrocities, Eritrea development

10 August 2017
UN and Africa

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

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Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Tuesday kicked off his visit to South Sudan.
UNMISS

UN and Africa: focus on South Sudan peace process, mental health in Somalia and Sudan's child soldiers

3 August 2017
UN and Africa

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

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9'59"
Edward Kallon in the UN Radio studios in New York.
UN News/Matt Wells

UN and Africa: focus on North-east Nigeria, UN camps in South Sudan and solar energy in Nigeria

27 July 2017
UN and Africa

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

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9'59"
Veronique and some of her children spent months hiding in the bush in Bohong after violence broke out in Central African Republic.
UNICEF/ Logan

UN and Africa: focus on CAR children, SEED awards and hunger across East Africa

20 July 2017
UN and Africa

Children increasingly bear brunt of CAR violence amid mass displacement

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10'
Lieutenant General Derrick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi addresses the Security Council.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias

UN and Africa: focus on DRC, South Sudan refugee settlements and migrant workers' remittances

13 July 2017
UN and Africa

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

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A boy walks on a sand bank surrounding a refugee camp in M’bera, Mauritania.
UNICEF/Dragaj

UN and Africa: focus on West and Central Africa, tourism and Côte d’Ivoire

6 July 2017
UN and Africa

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

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10'
Imvepi refugee settlement in Arua district, northern Uganda.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN and Africa: Somalia refugees, Darfur camp fire and UNMISS peacekeepers

29 June 2017
UN and Africa

UNHCR Special Envoy urges more support for Somalia refugees

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9'59"
Mother kisses her baby, who is suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
UNICEF/Sebastian Rich

UN and Africa: focus on South Sudan, Uganda and Central African Republic

22 June 2017
UN and Africa

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

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10'1"
A child, who is blind and has albinism reads Braille at a primary school for children with disabilities in the town of Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region.
UNICEF/Pirozzi

UN and Africa: focus on albinism, migration and Kenya's blue economy

15 June 2017
UN and Africa

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

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10'