17 January 2014 – The number of children recruited into armed groups in the Central African Republic may be as high as 6,000, according to the United Nations Children's fund UNICEF. UNICEF says the violence and insecurity in…

16 January 2014 – Donors have provided only 6 per cent of the $247 million that the United Nations needs over the next 100 days to ease the “mega-tragedy” in strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR), where nearly 900,000…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 16 January 2014 The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, strongly condemned this morning’s car bombing in the area of Hermel in north-eastern Lebanon that has killed and wounded a…

14 January 2014 - Burundi Second Vice-President, Gervais Rufyikiri, received the Chair of the Burundi Configuration of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Paul Seger. Discussions between the two…

UNIOGBIS hosts a press conference on January 23 rd, Thursday, from 12:30-13:30 The Chair of the Guinea-Bissau Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador António de Aguiar Patriota, and the Assistant of…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Electoral Media Commission (EMC), which is charged with monitoring the media reporting on and fair broadcasting of the electoral campaigns ahead of this year’s Presidential and Provincial Council…

14 January 2014 – More than 2.5 million people in the Central African Republic require food, health care and other humanitarian aid. That's according to a joint assessment by the World Food Programme ( WFP) and the UN…

14 January 2014 – The human rights situation remains extremely volatile in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations said today, as it released its findings on a wave of abuses committed last month including…

13 January 2014 – The speedy election of a new transition leader is crucial to the stability of the Central African Republic, a senior United Nations official said today, stressing also the importance of starting…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance signed a $50 million grant agreement with the World Bank (WB) on Saturday for a project that provides technical and financial support to thousands of the country’s poorest households…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, appealed today for calm and an orderly, peaceful transfer of power in Puntland following the 8 January presidential election…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, appealed today for calm and an orderly, peaceful transfer of power in Puntland following the 8 January presidential election…