Tag: UN Africa News

El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, briefed the Security Council on major developments in the West African country over the past three months.  MINUSMA was established a decade ago following insecurity in the north and a failed military coup, which led to the signing of a peace deal between the… Read More

The report based on research by the Economist Impact partnership across 13 African countries, A Triple Dividend: The health, social and economic gains from financing the HIV response in Africa, estimates that millions of lives will also be saved if funding is forthcoming. Not only would there be between 40 and 90 per cent fewer new HIV infections, depending on the… Read More

“Somalia faces many challenges, but in the spirit of Ramadan, I also bring a message of hope and renewal – the United Nations stands in solidarity with the Somali people. “Let us come together to advance peace and security, sustainable development and human rights – and build a better future for all Somalis,” the UN chief said. He was addressing a… Read More

“I am also here to ring the alarm on the need of massive international support,  because of the humanitarian difficulties the country is facing, massive humanitarian support in relation to the build-up of a security capacity of Somalia, and massive humanitarian support in stabilisation and development of the country,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.  “Although Somalis… Read More

At only 24 years of age, Alhadgie Faal has built a successful small business, by turning family land in Kanuma, which is in Gambia’s North Bank region, into a sizable plot, where he grows fruit and vegetables to sell to restaurants and hotels. He started his company after receiving training from a UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) programme , focused on… Read More

“We mourn the more than one million children, women, and men who perished in one hundred days of horror 29 years ago,” António Guterres said in his annual commemorative message on the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He went on to say that: “We honour the memory of the victims – the… Read More

Secretary-General António Guterres issued his plea for peace acknowledging that it is “dramatically lacking” in many parts of the world, during an interview with UN News’s Arabic service, ahead of what has now become an annual visit for him, to a Muslim country beset by challenges, during the holy month of Ramadan. “I think this is the moment for us to be all… Read More

“Tunisia must immediately stop hate speech and violence against migrants from south of the Sahara,” the independent UN-appointed experts said in a statement issued under the Committee’s early warning and urgent action procedure. The mechanism aims at considering situations that may escalate into conflicts with a view to taking preventive actions to avoid full-scale violations of human rights under the… Read More

The funding will support some 3.1 million people, as the West African country continues to face the worst humanitarian crisis in its history.  Armed group activity, and military operations, have led to widespread displacement, with nearly two million citizens uprooted.  Human rights abuses and violations, and political instability – including two coup d’états last year – have also fuelled the… Read More

The report by the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan details how perpetrators of the most serious crimes – including widespread attacks against civilians and extrajudicial killings – go unpunished, with senior Government officials and military implicated in serious violations.  “Over several years, our findings have consistently shown that impunity for serious crimes is a central driver of… Read More