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The five-year-old force working to stabilize [Africa’s Sahel](https://www.un.org/undpa/en/africa/sahel) has shown great potential, but needs more support from the international community to reach full operational capacity, a top [UN peacekeeping](https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/leadership) official said on Thursday, calling for
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Hundreds of thousands of children affected by deadly Cyclone Idai in Mozambique have been vaccinated and received vitamin A supplements in the past week, with UNICEF and partners including the World Health Organisation (WHO) supporting the Government-led Health Week in the 21 most affected districts of Sofala, Manica, Inhambane, and
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Le Bureau des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel (UNOWAS) et la Communauté Economique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO), en partenariat avec l’École des cadres du système des Nations Unies (UNSSC), le Réseau de l’Afrique de l’Ouest pour
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The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in partnership with the UN System Staff College (UNSSC), the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC), organized a Training of Trainers
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L’Ambassade des Etats-Unis a le plaisir d’annoncer qu’elle organise un festival Hip Hop sur le thème : «L’autonomisation de la jeunesse par un cinéma professionnel» du lundi 20 au 25 mai 2019 à Abidjan. Ce festival est organisé dans le cadre des programmes d’échange culturel entre
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The UN Secretary-General has commended the progress made so far between Sudan’s military leaders and opposition forces towards agreeing a timetable for a return to civilian rule, following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir just over a month ago. On Tuesday, the Transitional Military Council and the Declaration of
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By Catherine Wachiaya in Ogoja When armed men stormed into the remote village in south-west Cameroon, they took Agah Rachel’s husband, levelled a gun on him and pulled the trigger as she looked on. As he fell to the ground, the 27-year-old widow knew she had to act fast.
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Highlights Between July and September 2019, 2.2 million people, almost 18 percent of the total population, are expected to face severe food insecurity. The projected food insecure caseload is 40 percent higher than the estimate at the beginning of 2019, as drought conditions are severely affecting crop and livestock
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The closing date for the 2019 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) (https://www.AWIEForum.org) Awards nominations has been extended to Monday, 10 June 2019. The extension gives more women entrepreneurs an opportunity to enter these prestigious, multi-industry awards, and be recognised for their contribution to Pan-African, social
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched this week a series of consultations to identify ways of ensuring that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees are better protected against harm, and are able to seek justice and support when they experience violence and discrimination. Echoing the theme chosen
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Le Directeur des Affaires Publiques de l’Ambassade des Etats-Unis d’Amérique près le Bénin, Kanishka Gangopadhyay, la Présidente Directrice Générale de l’organisation IREX, Kristin Lord, et la Ministre de l’Economie Numérique et de la Communication, Aurélie Adam Soulé Zoumarou, ont lancé le programme SHE’s GREAT BENIN,
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The international community must urgently increase its investment in Ebola response efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before the outbreak escalates further, warns the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Despite some successes in containing the outbreak, there has been an alarming increase in