About 600 Congolese soldiers to be pulled out of Central African Republic after allegations of sexual misconduct... READ MORE›
By contrast, all European countries now languish with fertility rates below replacement level, meaning that populations will inexorably decline without large-scale immigration... READ MORE›
The United Nations has reported a surge this year in LRA abductions of girls and boys around ages 12 to 13, as well as elephant poaching in Garamba National Park... READ MORE›
The Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhuqiang has condemned an order by President Yoweri Museveni for an investigation into ivory trafficking by two suspected Chinese diplomats... READ MORE›
In South Sudan, the United Nations says that 2,800 people are fleeing worsening violence and looming famine every day... READ MORE›
China on Thursday rejected allegations that two of its diplomats smuggled ivory from Uganda... READ MORE›
The conflict in the Central African Republic CAR is the world's most neglected displacement crisis, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council... READ MORE›
On May 12, DR Congo declared an outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the eighth to date in a sprawling country five times the size of France... READ MORE›
She once confided to a friend about the ad hoc nature of her United Nations assignment... READ MORE›
The World Health Organization said Ebola has killed three and sickened 20 people in the Congos north since late April... READ MORE›
The Ugandan military first arrived in Central African Republic in 2009 and a force of about 2,500 have been stationed there... READ MORE›
Joseph Kony is dead, announced American-made leaflets dropped from a helicopter in the Central African Republic in recent weeks... READ MORE›
The World Health Organization WHO confirmed on Sunday a second case of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo after an outbreak this week of 17 other susp... READ MORE›
Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Congo, With at Least 3 Dead... READ MORE›
Thousands more survivors have been left with long-term health problems and Liberia was only declared free of active Ebola virus transmission last June... READ MORE›
The outbreak could test a recently developed experimental Ebola vaccine that WHO says could be used in emergencies... READ MORE›
The World Health Organization WHO has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo... READ MORE›
One year into South Sudan's new transitional government, Juba is still struggling to cope with insecurity, poverty and conflict... READ MORE›
The US service member was escorting a peacekeeper from the CAR-based African Union force when they came upon two LRA fighters... READ MORE›
'They sleep when they're too hungry' South Sudanese trapped by war, famine grow increasingly desperate... READ MORE›
The Ugandan military faced allegations that soldiers committed rape and sexual violence against women and girls in the Central African Republic... READ MORE›
They were among 530 people who have been living in the Munigi base, outside Goma, since fleeing South Sudan last August, U.N... READ MORE›
The World Happiness Report was released to coincide with the United Nations' International Day of Happiness on 20 March... READ MORE›
That boosted the per person annual income, as measured by economic output, to more than 100,000 -- nearly double that of the United States... READ MORE›
A 26 year-old bodyboarder was attacked by a shark while bodyboarding in a dangerous water area on February 21, 2017 off Saint-Andre... READ MORE›
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations appointed by Trump, said in a statement on Thursday that in many areas, the U.N... READ MORE›
Last year, the United States contributed 6.4 billion in humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, more than a quarter of global funding... READ MORE›
UNITED NATIONS -- In a world filled with excess food, 20 million people are on the brink of famine, including 1.4 million children at imminent risk of death... READ MORE›
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
Metrojet officials also dismissed claims by the Islamic State that its operatives felled the plane... READ MORE›
Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›
An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›
In the wild, they can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea... READ MORE›
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
The Ethiopian government has set aside nearly ?130m to deal with the crisis but the UN says a further ?330m is needed... READ MORE›
Military camps are located in the Central African Republic, which is still embroiled in the sectarian civil war sparked by the Seleka rebels... READ MORE›
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
Ateny Wek Ateny, a press secretary in the South Sudan President's office, said 18 people were aboard the flight 12 South Sudanese passengers and six crew members... READ MORE›
War-ravaged South Sudan has hiked work permit fees 100-fold for foreign aid workers to 10,000, officials said, despite suffering from famine... READ MORE›
In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›
Guterres also called for appointing a special human rights expert who would report directly to the UN chief to be a victims' rights advocate... READ MORE›
Kaga Bandero has been hit by a barrage of attacks by armed groups since September... READ MORE›
The national park is situated in an unstable region bordering South Sudan and near Uganda, where Uganda's brutal Lord's Resistance Army rebels operate... READ MORE›
We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
Four million people in South Sudan are at risk of famine, according to the United Nations... READ MORE›
As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›
To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›
After visiting the slum, Francis traveled to a stadium in Nairobi brimming with thousands of young people... READ MORE›
The flight had been headed to strategic oil fields in the Upper Nile region of the country, where there is a large South Sudanese military presence... READ MORE›
The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›
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