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Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides 'high protection' – UN health agency

Photo:Ebola vaccine team at work in Katongourou, Guinea.

Nigeria’s megacity, Lagos, faces ‘unacceptable’ water and sanitation crisis, UN expert warns

Photo:In Lagos, Nigeria, residents navigate the polluted waters of Makoko, a fishing community mo

As funds shrink, UN agency may end assistance to 150,000 in Central African Republic

Photo:The World Food Programme (WFP) needs urgent funding to bring vital assistance to 150,000 di

Agriculture support ‘critical’ for Horn of Africa as region braces for another hunger season

Photo:Farmers in the Horn of Africa need urgent support to recover from consecutive lost harvests

Governments make strong commitments to biodiversity at UN conference in Mexico

19 December 2016

Somalia: UNICEF and partners begin mass vaccinations amid serious measles outbreak

19 December 2016

Down Syndrome May Not Be Big Financial Burden on Families

Dec. 16, 2016

Caught in ‘poverty trap,’ least developed countries being left behind – UN report

Photo:Stacking bricks at a factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh, a least developed country.

Slowing global wage growth for fourth straight year ‘greatly concerning,’ says UN labour agency

Photo:Overworked and undervalued, women migrant workers in the Thai construction and domestic wor

UNESCO sends mission to assess extent of damage at Nimrud archaeological site in Iraq

Photo:A statue of a lamassu, an Assyrian protective deity, at the North West Palace of Ashurnasir