Somalia: UN voices deep concern at reported destruction of housing for...
A senior United Nations official in Somalia expressed deep concern over reports of the unannounced destruction of settlements for internally displaced persons (IDPs) as...
UN’s Global Emergency Response Fund Provides US$10 Million to Help Most...
Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock today released US$10 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently help...
UN Humanitarian and Development Chiefs’ Mission to Ethiopia
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock and United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner will travel to Somalia on January...
Joint Statement of the African Union and the United Nations on...
Joint Statement of the African Union and the United Nations on Guinea-Bissau: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki...
Mali human rights situation still a concern – UN report
Despite the signing of a 2015 Peace Agreement, the human rights situation in Mali still remains a concern, according to a United Nations report...
British Ambassador John Dennis bids farewell to Luanda, Angola
The reception on the 7th February was attended by over 150 key contacts from the Angolan government, business, academia and civil society, as well...
Invitation to the launch of the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan for...
What? – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) is launching the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for north-east Nigeria. ...
DR Congo: Call for an International Donor Conference
The political conundrum of the elections has blinded us all: the emergency in DR Congo is political as much as it is human and...
Opening Remarks by Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria
Opening Remarks by Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria: Honourable Minister and other representatives of the Government of Nigeria, ...
Leila Zerrougui takes up her duties as Special Representative of the...
Following the announcement of her appointment in late December 2017, Ms. Leila Zerrougui has arrived in Kinshasa and has officially taken up her duties...