UN initiative to support Libya polls this year
United Nations – The UN envoy to Libya on Monday announced a push to help the country organize presidential... Read more
28 Feb, 2023
UN pauses aid flights in east DRC after helicopter attack
Kinshasa – The United Nations announced Monday it was suspending humanitarian flights across much of conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic... Read more
28 Feb, 2023
UN chief warns progress on human rights has ‘gone into reverse’
Geneva – Respect for human rights has gone into reverse, the United Nations chief warned on Monday, calling for... Read more
27 Feb, 2023
DRC, UN ask for $2.25 billion in humanitarian aid
Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the UN’s humanitarian arm on Wednesday appealed for $2.25 billion in... Read more
23 Feb, 2023
United Nations says one woman dies every 2 mins in pregnancy and childbirth
Geneva – A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth complications, despite maternal mortality rates dropping... Read more
23 Feb, 2023
UNESCO conference tackles disinformation, hate speech
Paris – A global UN conference on how to battle online disinformation and hate speech without endangering human rights... Read more
22 Feb, 2023
Three UN peacekeepers killed in Mali blast
Dakar – Three Senegalese UN peacekeepers were killed on Tuesday when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in jihadist-torn... Read more
22 Feb, 2023
At least 73 migrants ‘presumed dead’ after shipwreck off Libya
Tripoli – Dozens of migrants are thought to have died after their boat sunk off the coast of Libya,... Read more
16 Feb, 2023
Ethiopia warns UN-backed probe could ‘undermine’ peace process
Nairobi – Ethiopia warned on Wednesday that efforts by UN-backed investigators to probe abuses committed during the war in... Read more
16 Feb, 2023
UN rights chief decries ‘deepening’ Tunisia crackdown
Geneva – The UN rights chief on Tuesday expressed alarm over a deepening crackdown in Tunisia, as Tunisian police... Read more
16 Feb, 2023
