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Top UN humanitarian official in Libya calls for immediate release of abducted aid workers
The top UN relief official in Libya today condemned the abduction of two aid workers in southern Libya and warned that persistent threats against humanitarian workers is hindering the delivery of...
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UN agencies boost aid efforts to flood-hit Tindouf refugees, call for urgent funding
26 Oct 2015The United Nations refugee agency and its partners are scaling up aid efforts after devastating...
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South Sudan: UN agency air operation delivers agriculture aid to hard-to-access areas
5 Oct 2015The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that its rapid response operation in...
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Top UN relief official calls for end to Central African Republic violence, resumption of aid
5 Oct 2015The United Nations humanitarian chief called on all those involved in the violence in the Central...
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Malawi facing worst food crisis in decade, requires $81 million in relief aid – UN agency
25 Sep 2015More than 2.8 million people will face hunger in the coming months in the worst food crisis in a...
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Food airlifts begin in Central African Republic amidst worsening insecurity
13 Feb 201412 February 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began to airlift food into...
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South Sudan: UN releases $15 million in urgent aid but peacekeeper surge will take longer
10 Jan 2014While the United Nations has released $15 million from its rapid response fund for immediate...
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Central African Republic: amid ongoing violence, UN rights expert calls for more aid
9 Jan 20148 January 2014 - A United Nations human rights expert today called for urgent protection and...
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Human rights is essential in fight against HIV/AIDS
2 Oct 2012Ms. Pillay wrote this article in advance of the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, 22...
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Combating Africa’s ‘silent tsunamis’
15 Apr 2005Donor momentum builds for greater aid to the continent