BAMYAN - The role of youth as agents of peace and development was spotlighted during a series of UN-backed radio programmes in the country’s central and southeast provinces. Speaking during radio programmes in Bamyan…

Baidoa – Quiet and calm are rare at the Bay Regional Hospital in the city of Baidoa. On any given day, the usual hustle and bustle associated with a major hospital feature throughout its grounds, as could be expected for the…

HUDAYDAH 28 February 2021 — UNMHA condemns in the strongest possible terms an attack that reportedly hit a residential home last night in Al Hawak, one of the most militarily tense areas of the Hudaydah governorate. According…

The Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel Urges the Gambians to Build Consensus Ahead of December Elections The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West…

Madam President, Members of the Security Council, Greetings to the young guests with us today, Oren and Malak, Your voices are important and what I will say to the Council now will illustrate that point. Significant…

The Political Working Group (PWG) of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya (IFCL) held a meeting on 25 February 2021 to review the progress achieved by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and the efforts of the…

Joint communiqué of the ECOWAS Commission and the United Nations (UN) on violence that occured following the announcement of the second-round provisional results of the presidential election in Niger ECOWAS and the United…

A group of 32 women in reintegration from various regions in the country set up the “Women’s Market for Peace Building” with support from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia and UNDP. The products produced and promoted by…

The political landscape in Sudan changed dramatically in 2019, thanks to the Sudanese men, women and young people who rose up in massive numbers to demand change. Their movement culminated in an agreement signed on 17 August…

Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* call on all signatories of the 17 September agreement to come together urgently to finalize implementation of the electoral model, building on the work of the Technical Committee…

Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* call on all signatories of the 17 September agreement to come together urgently to finalize implementation of the electoral model, building on the work of the Technical Committee…

UN’s Najat Rochdi Meets Patriarch Bechara Boutros El-Rahi 23 February 2021 Beirut, Lebanon Ms. Najat Rochdi, Officer in Charge of the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) and Resident and Humanitarian…