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Remembering the genocide against the Tutsi

Stories & Blogs UNESCOApr 04, 2024(Article )

In 2023, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added four genocide memorial sites in Rwanda to the list of World Heritage Sites: Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero and Gisozi, where the Kigali Genocide Memorial is located.

East African media called to strengthen regional integration through judicial reporting

Stories & Blogs UNESCOMar 14, 2024(Article )

At a regional training held by UNESCO and the East African Court of Justice, 32 editors and journalists from East Africa were urged to promote awareness among East African citizens on the Court's mandate.

AU has a solid foundation to build on, says Commissioner Adeoye

Stories & Blogs ISSFeb 14, 2024(Article )

Obstacles to Africa’s peace and security persist, but stronger engagement and renewed efforts in 2024 should bear fruit.

In Ethiopia, UNHCR’s Grandi urges more support for people fleeing Sudan

Stories & Blogs UNHCRJan 31, 2024(Press Release )

With nearly 8 million people displaced by the brutal conflict in Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for urgent and additional support to meet their needs.

The Sudan crisis exacerbates humanitarian suffering in South Sudan

Stories & Blogs OCHAOct 16, 2023(Press Release )

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people fleeing the Sudan conflict in need of humanitarian assistance at South Sudan’s borders

Sudan is reeling after six months of war - Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Stories & Blogs OCHAOct 15, 2023(Press Release )

Half a year of war has plunged Sudan into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history.

UNFPA report finds sexual and reproductive health of women and girls missing from most national climate plans

Stories & Blogs UNFPAOct 11, 2023(Press Release )

Women and girls are among the hardest hit by the climate emergency, but fewer than one third of countries that have published their climate plans have committed to upholding the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls

Secretary-General ‘Deeply Regrets’ Decision by Conseil National pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie in Niger Ordering UN Humanitarian Coordinator to Leave Country

Stories & Blogs UNOct 11, 2023(Press Release )

The Secretary-General deeply regrets that, on 10 October, the Conseil National pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie (CNSP) ordered the departure of the Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations in Niger, Louise Aubin, within 72 hours.

A decade after the Lampedusa shipwreck, the continuing tragedies need to end

Stories & Blogs UNHCROct 03, 2023(Press Release )

Joint statement by the Coordinator of the UN Network on Migration, Amy E. Pope, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi

‘We Must Stay the Course to Support, Partner with Chad to Build Prosperous, Peaceful Future’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Event.

Stories & Blogs UNSep 18, 2023(Press Release )

“As Chad embarks on the last — and most challenging — mile of the transition, we need to stay the course to support and partner with Chad to build a prosperous and peaceful future that leaves no one behind” Said Amina Mohammed.