Secretary-General appoints Issa Sanogo of Cote d’Ivoire as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Cameroon.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Mr. Sanogo brings almost 30 years of experience in development and humanitarian work. Previously he served as UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Madagascar.
Secretary-General appoints Mama Keita of Guinea as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Niger.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Ms. Keita brings over 20 years of experience in development economics. Previously Ms. Keita served as the Director of the office for Eastern Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, based in Kigali.
Press briefing at the Palais des Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )Hodan Addou, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa a.i., spoke about UN Women’s new report on the situation in Sudan.
Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence.
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict for Sudanese women and girls, including the 5.8 million who are internally displaced.
Secretary-General appoints Coumba D. Sow of Senegal as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Togo.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Ms. Sow has 20 years of experience in development and humanitarian assistance.
Over 370 million girls and women globally subjected to rape or sexual assault as children – UNICEF
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )First-ever estimates on sexual violence in childhood reveal alarming prevalence, with devastating impact on children.
International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Announce Tanzania as the Second Country Benefitting from the Enhanced Cooperation Framework for Scaled-Up Climate Action
Stories & Blogs IMF (Press Release )Tanzania is highly vulnerable to climate change which poses significant risks to its macroeconomic, fiscal, and social development.
Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan reiterates need for urgent intervention as experts confirm famine conditions.
Stories & Blogs OCHA (Press Release )The humanitarian community in Sudan is appealing for urgent resources and unimpeded humanitarian access following a new report confirming localized famine conditions in North Darfur.
Urgent support needed to address historic El Niño drought in Zimbabwe
Stories & Blogs OCHA (Press Release )United Nations officials have urged for international support to help Zimbabwe address the humanitarian impacts of El Niño that is threatening 7.6 million people with acute hunger.
Whilst the end of AIDS is within our grasp, this decade, currently the world is off track. Globally, of the 39.9 million people living with HIV, 9.3 million, nearly a quarter, are not receiving life-saving treatment. As a consequence, a person dies from A
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Press Release )Whilst the end of AIDS is within our grasp, this decade, currently the world is off track. Globally, of the 39.9 million people living with HIV, 9.3 million, nearly a quarter, are not receiving life-saving treatment. As a consequence, a person dies from A