Africa

UNSOM

UN police officer recognized for protecting vulnerable Somali women from abuse

21 November 2018
Peace and Security

United Nations Police Officer Phyllis Osei has been awarded the 2018 UN Female Police Officer Award, in recognition for her outstanding work with the UN Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), at a ceremony in New York on Monday.

FAO

With field schools in Kenya, UN agriculture agency teaches techniques to combat drought

21 November 2018
SDGs

To strengthen resilience in the Horn of Africa against natural hazards like drought, which can lead to cattle losses and increased food insecurity, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is supporting pastoralists in northeastern Kenya’s Mandera County to grow pasture for livestock.

UNDP Rwanda/Alice Kayibanda

New energy security framework will help meet growing needs in East Africa, sustainably – UN economic wing

21 November 2018
SDGs

Backed by the United Nations, countries in eastern Africa have launched a new energy security framework to help tackle growing challenges over energy access and availability in the region.

OCHA/Maria Rosaria Bruno

Central African Republic: UN warns that more than six in 10 people now need urgent humanitarian assistance

21 November 2018
Humanitarian Aid

People’s needs in Central African Republic (CAR) have increased significantly in recent months, the top United Nations aid official in the country warned on Wednesday, amid worsening localized violence that has included the recent torching of two camps for displaced people.

UN Geneva/Violaine Martin

Cameroon violence condemned by UN human rights office in appeal for dialogue to address grievances

20 November 2018
Human Rights

Continuing insecurity in Cameroon has been condemned by the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) amid reports of killings by armed groups and State forces that has prompted mass internal displacement.

Unicef Chad/2017/Azoura

FROM THE FIELD: Children in Lake Chad Basin attend school with help from UN-backed fund

20 November 2018
Culture and Education

Some 3.5 million children living in the Lake Chad Basin in Africa’s Sahel region do not have access to education according to the UN-backed Education Cannot Wait fund.

UN Photo/Marco Dormino

UN chief advocates for a strengthening of peacekeeping in Africa

20 November 2018
Peace and Security

Citing the “encouraging progress” achieved by United Nations peacekeeping operations in Africa – which hosts half of all ongoing missions – UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday called the international community to strengthen cooperation and commitment to peacekeeping, during an open debate held at the Security Council.

UN Photo/Kevin Jordan

DR Congo violence puts Ebola humanitarian response at risk, UN food relief agency warns

20 November 2018
Humanitarian Aid

A spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned any violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that could slow down the humanitarian response to the Ebola outbreak in the vast country’s north-east, following an attack on a UN base and nearby hotels housing UN staff, in the city of Beni on Friday.

MINUSCA Photo

Central African Republic: Guterres says UN mission committed to protecting civilians, helping stabilize country, as violence flares

17 November 2018
Peace and Security

Amid a recent uptick in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday said he stood in solidarity with the crisis torn country and warned that attacks against defenseless civilians and UN ‘blue helmets’ may amount to war crimes.

UN Photo/Kevin Jordan

UN chief condemns killing of ‘blue helmets’ in DR Congo, as violence erupts prior to elections

15 November 2018
Peace and Security

United Nations Secretary-General António Gutteres condemned the killing of seven peacekeepers on Wednesday serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is also confronting a lethal Ebola outbreak.