UN News Centre - Africa

The United Nations health agency today called for $2 million for a three-month assault on Zimbabwe's worst cholera epidemic in over 15 years, including emergency health supplies, water purification...

The United Nations envoy tasked with helping to resolve the conflict behind the recent fighting that has engulfed the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has completed his second rou...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his deep sadness at the inter-communal violence in the Nigerian city of Jos which has resulted in the loss of life, the displacement of people and the destr...

The humanitarian crisis in Somalia has deteriorated to a point where nearly half of the Horn of Africa nation's population requires assistance, a senior United Nations aid official warned today, ca...

Low-volume wood-burning stoves to protect forest habitat, alternative livelihoods to replace bush meat hunting with beekeeping and the promotion of ecotourism are among steps planned under the Unit...

An independent United Nations human rights expert today voiced his deep concern over the diminishing freedom of expression and association in Burundi, warning that violations of these freedoms impe...

The top United Nations humanitarian official today stressed the need to ensure the protection of civilians and the safety of aid workers in Sudan, particularly in the strife-torn Darfur region, whe...

Almost 10,000 cases and over 400 deaths due to cholera have now been reported in Zimbabwe since the current outbreak of the disease began in August, according to the United Nations Office for the C...

The past week has seen some of the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, in recent months, with at least 55 civilians estimated to have been killed and more than 80 others wounded, acc...

The United Nations relief chief today wrapped up a two-day visit to southern Sudan by calling on international donors to help the region develop basic education and health-care services and quickly...