What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global movement for health ...

Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations are being challenged by growing disunity between Member States, the UN head of Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said in an interview with UN News, durin ...

A Sudanese military aircraft on Tuesday evening crashed in Omdurman, north of Khartoum, the twin city of the capital, Khartoum, killing the crew and several military personnel on board ...

A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for civilians in Sudan together with unhindered humanitarian access, as the brutal war between rival militaries ...

The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al- Dbaiba, has agreed with the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to resume direct flights between Libya a ...

On Tuesday, the Tunis Specialized Criminal Chamber for Terrorism sentenced to death eight people convicted of murdering left-wing politician Mohamed Brahmi in 2013 ...

Madagascar\'s economy is recovering, but growth remains insufficient and uneven to significantly improve living standards ...

Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese troops has claimed more lives and forced even more families from their homes ...

Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) when it fell in January to rebels, known as M23 ...

South Africa\'s Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson and his delegation on Tuesday completed the United Arab Emirates leg of their Middle East tour ...

Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation” – that was the stark message delivered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Director-General on Tuesday to delegates a ...

As the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas expires, the UN envoy to the Middle East on Tuesday called on both signatories to fully honour their commitments and conclude neg ...