In Ethiopia, WFP is helping families to resettle, rebuild and reconquer their livelihoods, post-conflict.
Stories & Blogs WFPOct 24, 2024(Story )Two years on from the Pretoria Agreement “Peace deal,” families are returning to their homes in parts of Northern Ethiopia and rebuilding their livelihoods with support from WFP.
WFP reaches one million crisis-affected people with life-saving assistance in Burkina Faso thanks to USAID support.
Stories & Blogs WFPOct 22, 2024(News )Amidst a complex humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso, a US$ 124 million contribution from USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs (BHA) in 2024 enabled the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to reach over one million crisis-affected people in Burkin
Why disinformation threatens humanitarian operations in restive DRC
Stories & Blogs WFPOct 22, 2024(Story )WFP's North Kivu area head in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, explains how effective communication is key to delivering assistance and building trust
UN-Habitat and NASA collaborate on Earth Observation data for sustainable urban development.
Stories & Blogs UN-HabitatOct 14, 2024(News )UN-Habitat and NASA met this month in Washington, D.C., to discuss how to scale up and expand ongoing collaboration around the use of Earth Observation data for urban data analysis and foresight.
UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed
Stories & Blogs UNHCROct 11, 2024(News )More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a new report on statelessness re
In Burkina Faso, the ‘Mother of the Sahel’ brings education and hope to forcibly displaced children.
Stories & Blogs UNHCROct 09, 2024(Story )As conflict forced thousands of children to flee to the safety of her hometown, Maimouna Ba rallied the community to provide support and education.
Young Sudanese volunteer honoured for her selfless work supporting refugees in Egypt.
Stories & Blogs UNHOct 09, 2024(Story )Nada Fadol runs a youth-led community centre in Alexandria where forcibly displaced people receive free health-care services and skills training.
Silencing the Guns through STEM Education Investment in Africa
Stories & Blogs OSAAOct 08, 2024(News )Africa is experiencing population growth, with “youth bulges” that can become a demographic dividend contributing to the continent’s growth or a “demographic threat” that could stress the job market and fuel instability.
‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo
Stories & Blogs UNOct 08, 2024(Story )The situation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has remained “alarming” amid ongoing violence in the restive country’s east, said the UN Special Envoy to the Region in a briefing to the Security Coun
UNOAU contributes to a meeting to revitalize AU-UN coordination mechanisms on peace and security.
Stories & Blogs UNOAUSep 16, 2024(News )The primary objective was to revitalize the strategic consultation and coordination mechanisms between the AU and UN in the areas of peace and security.