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Finding common ground in East Africa: a UN Resident Coordinator blog

1 January 2020
SDGs

Together, Kenya and Uganda kick-start a Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by partnering with the UN to address challenges that transcend country borders.  By Siddharth Chatterjee (Kenya RC) and Rosa Malango (Uganda RC)

 

UNAMID/Amin Ismail

Sudan: UN mission envoy commends signing of Darfur framework agreement

30 December 2019
Peace and Security

The joint chief mediator for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, UNAMID, welcomed on Monday a framework agreement between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Darfur armed movements that was signed during peace talks in Juba, South Sudan, on Saturday.

WFP/Matteo Cosorich

WFP calls for increased support as eight million in Zimbabwe face hunger

30 December 2019
Humanitarian Aid

The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on countries to step up support to Zimbabwe, where millions of people are facing hunger brought on by prolonged drought and economic meltdown. 

UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Continued airstrikes in western Libya ‘utterly unacceptable’, says UN mission chief

29 December 2019
Peace and Security

The top United Nations official in Libya has condemned recent airstrikes targeting civilian installations that left at least three people dead and several others injured.

 

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Secretary-General condemns ‘horrendous’ Somalia car bomb attack

28 December 2019
Peace and Security

Perpetrators behind the deadly terrorist attack in Somalia on Saturday must be brought to justice, the UN Secretary-General has said.

Burkina Faso has been targeted with violent attacks since 2015. (file)

Violent attack in Burkina Faso leaves dozens of women dead, draws censure of UN chief

25 December 2019
Peace and Security

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has “strongly" condemned an attack carried out yesterday by unidentified gunmen in northern Burkina Faso.

OCHA/Yasmina Guerda

UN chief urges action following execution, abduction of civilians in Nigeria

24 December 2019
Peace and Security

Those responsible for the recent execution and abduction of civilians in northeastern Nigeria must be held accountable, the UN Secretary-General has said, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesperson. 

UN-Habitat/Felix Vollmann

FROM THE FIELD: Preventing Ethiopia’s trash from going to waste

24 December 2019
SDGs

The rehabilitation of a dumpsite in Ethiopia in which 116 people died following a landslide two years ago, has made the area safer for people working there thanks to support from the UN human settlements agency UN-Habitat. 

© UNICEF/Claudio Fauvrelle

Quality immunization and surveillance help stop polio outbreaks in three African countries: WHO

23 December 2019
Health

Three African countries have halted recent polio outbreaks which indicates that the disease can be stopped elsewhere in the region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. 

IOM/Gregoire Gosset

After 20 years of misery as refugees, a one-way ticket to the ‘miracle’ of resettlement

21 December 2019
Migrants and Refugees

Although they spent 20 years living in a refugee camp in Uganda, Jean-Pierre Ntegyeye and Isaiah Bahati never gave up hope of leaving for a better life. Today, with help from the UN migration agency, IOM, their dream has come true, but they haven’t forgotten the plight of those left behind. Their story is told in a new movie, One Way Ticket, screened as part of the Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF).