Northeastern Nigeria and Burkina Faso are facing the risk of famine

Coronavirus worsens life of 31.4 million people in need in Sahel - UN

Health Jan 20
The effects of COVID-19 have worsened the plight of about 31.4 million people in the Sahel last year, with 14 million -- double a year earlier -- acutely food insecure, UN humanitarians said.
U.N Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres
Nine African nations in debt to UN lose voting rights
Politics Jan 19
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has said nine African nations and Iran should lose their voting rights as required under the U.N. Charter after defaulting on payment of their dues to the United Nations’ operating budget.
The soldier died in an ambush by a coalition of rebels near Grimari
UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic
Politics Jan 17
A Burundian peacekeeper was killed Friday during an ambush by rebels in the Central African Republic, the United Nations said, the fifth soldier killed since a rebel offensive broke out in the country.
The secretary-general reiterated his call on all armed groups to lay down their weapons
UN Chief condemns massacre of civilians by armed groups in DRC
Politics Jan 07
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday expressed shock at the recent massacre of civilians by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said his spokesman.
Unamid troops from Tanzania deployed in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, conducting a routine patrol
UN ends peacekeeping mission in Sudan
Politics Dec 26
he UN Security Council has ended the peacekeeping mission in Sudan, adding another international trait to Khartoum as it rebuilds from years of war and isolation.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says two humanitarian missions are in Tigray
UN deploys humanitarian assessment missions to Ethiopia's Tigray region
Politics Dec 25
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday said it has deployed humanitarian assessment teams to the troubled Tigray region in northern Ethiopia.
A scene at the camp in Malakal, where internal displaced persons await the rainy season
UN calls for inclusion of displaced persons in R-ARCSS implementation
Politics Dec 17
The inclusion of displaced persons in the implementation of South Sudan’s peace agreement is key to success at a time of unprecedented opportunity to find lasting solutions, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) representative to South Sudan, Arafat Jamal, said last week.