Diene Keita appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Press Release )Ms. Diene Keita was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the rank of United Nations Under-Secretary-General.
Pastoralism gets a reboot in drying Kenya
Stories & Blogs WFP (Story )Young, educated and Internet savvy, a new generation of WFP-supported farmer-herders is fighting hunger and upending an ancient profession.
As hunger soars in northeastern Nigeria, WFP funds dry up
Stories & Blogs WFP (Story )Without urgent donations, 1.3 million people risk losing food assistance
Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )"We must rapidly scale up lifesaving services for children, and we need safe and sustained access to do so, wherever children are…” said Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Sudan Representative.
The scars of gender-based violence run deep in South Sudan – but so does the will to heal
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (News )In South Sudan, women and girls face the overlapping dangers of prolonged conflict, cattle raiding, displacement from climate shocks and harmful patriarchal traditions.
Back to the farm: Africa’s youth power up food security.
Stories & Blogs WFP (Story )How WFP and the Mastercard Foundation support young Africans who are turning to agriculture, and making a successful living off the land.
Cameroon: Evaluation of School Feeding Support Activities in Benin, Cameroon and Senegal from 2022 to 2025.
Publication Report July 29, 2025