The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Rwanda on Thursday signed the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity ...

The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that Sudan risks “another El Fasher” as fierce fighting spreads across the Kordofan region, raising fears of a fresh wave of atrocities ...

The US said on Thursday that it was reviewing its bilateral relationship with Tanzania following recent actions by the Government of the East African nation ...

Wider use of new tools against malaria, including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines helped to prevent an estimated 170 million cases and 1 million deaths in 2024, according to WHO\'s a ...

The UN has called for an investigation into the recent “horrific” killing by Israeli forces of two young brothers in Gaza who were reportedly targeted by a drone while collecting firewood ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday deplored the intensifying crackdown on the opposition and the media in Uganda ahead of next month’s general election, calling on the authorities to ful ...

World Malaria Report, published on Thursday, shows that resistance to antimalarial drugs now poses one of the most acute risks to control efforts across Africa and b ...

The UN has increased life-saving assistance for 120,000 people displaced by escalating violence in Mozambique’s Nampula province ...

The number of people facing acute food insecurity has tripled since 2016 to nearly 300 million, even as food-sector funding has fallen back to 2016 levels, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) ...

Civilians across Sudan’s Kordofan region are facing extreme hardship as conflict intensifies, warned the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Wednesday ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to Pretoria after attending the 4th South Africa-Mozambique Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Maputo ...