2021 Year in Review: UN support for countries in conflict
Long-running conflicts continued in Syria and Yemen this year, whilst fresh unrest caused serious instability in Myanmar, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Sudan. United Nations “Blue...
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UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) have ousted scores of militants from the embattled town of Boyo, in the south of the...
France should consider the economic and development benefits of partnership with people of African descent, the head of a Working Group appointed by the UN...
UNESCO marks semi-centennial anniversary of biosphere preservation
The UN cultural agency commemorated on Monday the 50th anniversary of its Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), which created in 1971, has been promoting...
2021 Year in Review: ‘We underestimate this virus at our peril’
Despite the almost miraculous development of effective vaccines against COVID-19 in 2020, the virus continued to spread and mutate throughout the last year, with...
COVID-19 continues to demonstrate how quickly “an infectious disease can sweep across the world”, pushing health systems to the brink and upending daily life...
Authorities in Myanmar must investigate a recent deadly attack against civilians in Kayah state, the UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths said in a...
Secretary-General, UN leaders, mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu – ‘a towering global figure for peace’
Secretary-General António Guterres was among UN leaders paying tribute on Sunday to the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, describing him as “an unwavering voice for...
Former ‘failed State’ Somalia on fragile path to progress: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
Somalia has been riven by decades of conflict and extreme weather events but, says Adam Abdelmoula, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the...
In the wake of recent developments in northern Ethiopia, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday urged warring sides to seize the opportunity to bring...
When Medicine Becomes a Tool for Torture: The Hidden Role of Medical Personnel in Russian Captivity 
Disasters cost $228 billion in housing losses every year 
Ukraine: Residents killed and dozens injured in attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv 
‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027