Heads of the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies call for greater investments in South Sudan to avoid a catastrophic food crisis

The cost of inaction in addressing South Sudan’s complex food, climate, and insecurity crises will be felt in the loss of lives, livelihoods and futures for millions of people across the young... Read more »

RDC : Vingt-quatre entités des Nations Unies exhortent à l’action immédiate pour protéger les femmes et les filles de violences sexuelles à l’Est

Les 24 entités des Nations Unies composant le réseau des Nations Unies contre la violence sexuelle en temps de conflit – dirigé par la Représente Spéciale des Nations Unies Pramila Patten –... Read more »

Twenty-Four UN entities urge immediate action to protect women and girls from sexual violence in DRC

The 24 UN entities comprising the UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict Network – led by the UN Special Representative Pramila Patten – join the Special Representative’s call to urge immediate... Read more »

Inside Rwanda’s largest school where the UN is helping thousands of students

UN Heads of Agencies receive a briefing from Muhanano Jackson, the head teacher at the Paysannat L C in the recently constructed IT room alongside teachers and students By Lilly Carlisle*  ... Read more »

Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears

UN peacekeepers patrol the village of Logo in Djugu territory in eastern DR Congo. Photo : MONUSCO A senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday that the security situation in... Read more »

UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region

UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressing the 11th high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region. At a time when more... Read more »

Rwandan Peacekeepers in Central African Republic decorated with UN Service Medals

Rwandan Peacekeepers (RWABAT2) under United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were decorated with UN Service Medals in the event that was held at Bossembele Base Camp,... Read more »

President Kagame met with the UN chief António Guterres

President Paul Kagame met with the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a discussion on regional security and solutions that support regional mechanisms and processes. President Kagame with... Read more »

Christine Umutoni of Rwanda appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Liberia

Christine Umutoni appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Liberia United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Christine N. Umutoni of Rwanda as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Liberia, with the host Government’s... Read more »

UN Adviser on Genocide Prevention disturbed by attacks against civilians along ethnic lines in Ituri

Recalling her statement issued on 30 November 2022 on the escalation of violence in parts of DRC, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, reiterates her... Read more »