New York, Nov 6 (JEN): The United Nations special envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region Tuesday joined other senior diplomatic officials in welcoming the announcement by the M23 rebel gro ...

New York, Nov 6 (JEN): International efforts to bring about a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria continue apace, with two United Nations officials reporting Tuesday on their work towa ...

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): Pirates off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa have made between USD 339 million and USD 413 million in ransom profits, fuelling a wide range of criminal act ...

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): A senior United Nations humanitarian official has voiced his concern about the shutdown of Gaza’s main power plant earlier Friday due to a critical fuel shortage, a ...

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): The international community should match Lebanon’s generosity in supporting more than 400,000 refugee children from Syria by further investing in the country’s pu ...

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): The last group of Angolan refugees arrived in their home country from Botswana on Wednesday afternoon, marking the end of the voluntary repatriation programme, a Unit ...

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced Friday they are teaming up for a trip to the Sahel next week to address p ...

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said that it is reaching close to 3.3 million people in Syria – a record for its operations – but many are still wit ...

New York, Nov 1 (JEN): The top United Nations envoy in Lebanon Thursday expressed serious concern over the recurrence of armed clashes in the city of Tripoli, and stressed the need for a lo ...