UN News - Africa

Ethiopian farming co-ops begin record food delivery to UN for national relief efforts

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Posted by admin 82 days ago (http://www.un.org)

Local farmers' cooperatives in Ethiopia are beginning to deliver what is expected to be the largest amount of maize they ever sold to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), as part of a pilot project to promote small farmers' access to local markets.

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International aid now critical to help Malians rebuild their lives, UN official says

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Posted by admin 82 days ago (http://www.un.org)

After a period of brutal violence and economic collapse in Mali, access was now stable enough so that aid, if adequately funded, could help hundreds of thousands rebuild their lives, a top United Nations humanitarian official said today after a visit to the West African country.

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Ahead of elections, UN expert calls on Kenya to prevent internal displacement crisis

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Posted by admin 82 days ago (http://www.un.org)

The Kenyan Government and the international community must significantly scale up their efforts to prevent internal displacement resulting from possible violence ahead of the general election next week, a United Nations independent expert stressed today.

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West African stability still endangered by global traffickers, warns new UN report

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Posted by admin 83 days ago (http://www.un.org)

Cocaine trafficking, the smuggling of migrants, and the trafficking of fraudulent pharmaceuticals are among the numerous damaging illegal activities perpetrated by transnational organized crime syndicates which continue to fuel instability across West Africa, a new United Nations report released today has warned.

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Darfur: UN and partners assist civilians fleeing renewed tribal violence

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Posted by admin 83 days ago (http://www.un.org)

The United Nations and its partners in Sudan are providing urgent aid and airlifting wounded civilians from a town in western North Darfur, where 60,000 displaced people have already sought refuge from fighting for control of gold mines.

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Security Council extends mandate of UN office in Guinea-Bissau for three months

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Posted by admin 86 days ago (http://www.un.org)

The Security Council today extended the United Nations office in Guinea-Bissau for three months, and requested Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to provide recommendations on its future mandate and any possible readjustment in the world body's support to the West African nation.

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UN provides vital training in mine clearance to Malian security forces

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Posted by admin 86 days ago (http://www.un.org)

The United Nations is training and working with local Malian military and police to clear landmines and unexploded ordinance in the northern part of the country which pose dangers for local families and have already killed several troops.

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DR Congo: UN envoy warns security situation dire, urges additional resources

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Posted by admin 86 days ago (http://www.un.org)

Ahead of a new peace deal for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to be signed this weekend, the top United Nations official there warned today that the security situation is unstable, and urged the Security Council to provide the necessary support and authorization for an additional military brigade force within the current UN peacekeeping force.