23 Sep 2016
The ongoing conflict with Boko Haram in West Africa has pushed the number of people facing the threat of severe hunger to more than 6 million according to the latest assessments, say 15 humanitarian organisations.
Politics
24 September 2016
24 September 2016
24 September 2016
Photo:Libyan rebel fighters search vehicles at a checkpoint in Tripoli's Qarqarsh district on August 22, 2011.
Photo:Salvador Sánchez Cerén, President of El Salvador, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session.
Photo:Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front left) addresses a high-level meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Syria.
Photo:British Actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson co-hosts a special event organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in support of their HeForShe campaign.
Photo:Yusra Mardini (centre right), a young Syrian refugee living in Berlin, Germany, and one 10 refugee Olympic athletes who took part in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, addresses a high-level civil society event of the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants.
Photo:Disruptions to markets are worsening food insecurity in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.