Following the M23 armed group\'s assault on the city of Uvira in South Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, nearly 65,000 Congolese fled to neighbouring Burundi in the space ...

Eight Southern African countries are joining forces to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks before they spread to communities ...

The world\'s largest anti-corruption conference opened on Monday in Doha, amid growing concerns about the rise of emerging technologies ...

To mark the 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 2250 on youth, peace and security, the UN organised a meeting on Monday to celebrate this milestone ...

Freedom of expression around the world has suffered a historic setback in the last 13 years, due to increased self-censorship among journalists and attacks they face, both in real life and online, UNE ...

A solemn farewell ceremony was held on Monday at the headquarters of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) to honour six Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in a drone attack on a UN logistics ...

Officials of the US ans Mozambique on Monday signed a five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between their countries ...

In two days, six UN peacekeepers were killed and eleven others wounded in attacks in Sudan and the Central African Republic, highlighting the danger these peacekeepers face on a daily basis ...

Gathered around the Security Council’s iconic horseshoe table, ambassadors were challenged on Monday to look backwards – when, despite deep rivalry and distrust, the body chose leaders capable of stee ...

Asylum is becoming increasingly politicised as humanitarian funding shrinks – and it’s against this backdrop that reaffirming global support for refugees is essential, the head of the UN refugee ag ...

The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has stated that the Libyan Parliament will not authorise any maritime agreement imposed on Libya outside its constitutional framework ...

Libya will assume the presidency of the next session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and the organisation\'s Executive Bureau, effective 1 ...