21 August 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned yesterday's terrorist attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep – an act that was reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber and killed at least 50 people and wounded dozens of others.
Politics
20 August 2016
A senior United Nations official today expressed a deep concern about the deteriorating health of a Palestinian detainee on hunger strike for more than two months in protest of his detention after completing a 14.5-year prison sentence.
Photo:Federal and Regional leaders of Somalia after the conclusion of the National Leadership Forum held in Mogadishu on 12 April 2016, which dealt with the 2016 electoral process, among other issues.
Photo:In East Ghouta, Syria, rural Damascus, a child's plush toy lies in the rubble of a destroyed building (file photo).
Photo: The Pan American Health Organization-World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), UNICEF and Haiti’s Ministry of Health launched in Archaie the first phase of a cholera vaccination campaign targeting 400,000 persons in 2016.
Photo:In the wake of the February 2016 hostilities in Malakal, South Sudan, UN and humanitarian partners have rapidly mobilized additional supplies to respond to the new needs generated by the violence.
Photo: Gatkuoth, 15-years-old (not his real name), was recently released from an armed group in South Sudan. He was recruited when he was just thirteen. UNICEF estimate that there are still 16,000 children associated with armed groups in the country.
Photo:Under-Secretary-General Stephen O'Brien pays a visit to a camp in Saint Saveur, Central African Republic.
Photo: A little girl stands outside her makeshift tent in Aleppo, Syria, where 2 million people face a potentially catastrophic situation.
