Tag: UN Africa News

At a briefing for journalists in Geneva, a spokesperson the UN agency said that unidentified assailants targeted Barahle camp on 3 February after fighting engulfed the area, according to harrowing accounts provided by refugees. Chaos and terror “Refugees who trekked the long distance to the regional capital in Semera told UNHCR staff that armed men entered the camp on 3… Read More

The announcement was made at a ceremony hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Council, France and South Africa and with the respective Presidents of each in attendance. “No other event like the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that reliance on a few companies to supply global public goods is limiting, and dangerous”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.… Read More

In a call to the authorities to take action to protect youngsters from child prostitution and other violations, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child heard that the majority of children who had sex for money, do so to survive. Boost prevention To combat this, the Geneva-based panel urged Madagascar’s government to strengthen multilateral, regional and bilateral accords, to prevent… Read More

The UNMISS Human Rights Division’s annual brief on violence affecting civilians, documented 3,414 civilian victims subjected to killing, injury, abduction, and conflict-related sexual violence, out of 982 recorded cases. Mostly male victims Some 75 per cent of the victims were men, while 14 per cent of cases involved women, and 11 per cent, children. This compares with 5,850 civilian victims… Read More

In a statement, Sara Nyanti, condemned the killing of a nurse working with an international aid organization which took place on 10 February in Agok town, leaving several civilians injured, including aid workers. 70,000 displaced Reports indicate that some 70,000 people have been displaced by the fighting, and humanitarian operations, including healthcare services, have been temporarily suspended. Also on the… Read More

The vast Sahel, which runs nearly the breadth of the continent, south of the Sahara Desert, is experiencing some of its driest conditions in years. “An absolute crisis is unfolding before our eyes”, WFP Executive Director David Beasley said from Benin, having just visited the agency’s operations in Niger and Chad. An absolute crisis is unfolding before our eyes in… Read More

James Swan, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefed ambassadors on recent political developments – including the conclusion of Upper House of Parliament elections, and the ongoing House of the People election – as well as increasing attacks by the Al-Shabaab militant group and a deepening humanitarian crisis triggered by one of… Read More

The level of needs is higher than at any point since 2012, with an overall total of around 7.5 million Malians in need of assistance, according to UN Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, briefing journalists in New York. Conditions deteriorating “The past year was characterized by a deterioration in the humanitarian situation due to growing insecurity in the central region of the country”, he… Read More

To mark this year’s World Radio Day, UN News spoke to Gabriel Joseph Shadar, a South Sudanese radio producer at Radio Miraya, about the important role that the station plays this young nation as it re-adjusts to life in the aftermath of the landmark 2018 peace agreement, which formally ended five years of civil war, but remains fragile. “All South… Read More

Making landfall on 24 January in Angoche District in the coastal province of Nampula, Storm Ana tracked westward toward Zambezia and Tete Provinces, leaving behind widespread flooding, damaged and destroyed homes, leaving basic services cut off. Sofala, Niassta, and Cabo Delgado Provinces were also hit, but less extensively.  Downstream from major river basins, with a lengthy coastline and low topography, Mozambique is… Read More