The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called on Friday for concerted international action to end armed conflict in Africa's central Sahel region, which has forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes in the last decade.
Speaking to journalists (...)
About $150 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the largest allocation ever, was released on Thursday to boost underfunded humanitarian operations across 13 countries.
For the Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency (...)
After a recent wave of attempts and coups d'état in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Guinea, the UN Special Representative for the region told the Security Council on Monday this resurgence, particularly in West Africa, "is often the (...)
The UN Security Council got five new members Tuesday, as Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates formally took up the posts they won in an election in June.
Ambassadors made brief remarks, installed their countries' flags (...)
Armed conflict, inter-communal violence and insecurity continued to take a devastating toll on thousands of children throughout 2021, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), warned on Friday.
From Afghanistan to Yemen, and Syria to northern Ethiopia, (...)
The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) and UNICEF today signed two new project agreements deepening the 40-year-long partnership between the two organizations. The expanded collaboration comes at a time when COVID-19 continues to affect (...)
The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) and UNICEF Monday signed two new project agreements deepening the 40-year-long partnership between the two organizations.
The expanded collaboration comes at a time when COVID-19 continues to affect (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) launched the day before yesterday the voluntary medical campaign for urology surgery in the Republic of Niger, in cooperation with the Muslim World League (MWL).
Saudi Ambassador to the (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, on the occasion of his country's national day.
In his cable, the King wished His Highness constant good health and (...)
The volunteer medical team of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) in Niger performed 40 urological surgeries for children.
These surgeries have been performed within the voluntary medical campaign for pediatric surgeries (...)
Addressing the International Conference on "Peace and Trust Policy-Basis of International Security, Stability and Development," which started Sunday in Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan, the OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha reaffirmed the (...)
Addressing the International Conference on "Peace and Trust Policy-Basis of International Security, Stability and Development," which started today, in Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan, the OIC Secretary General, Hissein Brahim Taha, reaffirmed the (...)
A flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to aid operations there, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
The development is just the latest episode (...)
The Saudi Vision 2030 has placed much attention to voluntary work and placed it among its priorities with the aim of its development, increasing its efficiency, raising awareness on its importance and providing a supportive environment through (...)
Concluding a four-day to visit Burkina Faso, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday that the country faces "a multitude of challenges with severe impacts on a wide range of human rights of its people".
She noted the landlocked (...)
Ambassador Hissein Ibrahim Taha has taken over as the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The Chadian diplomat assumed office at the headquarters of the OIC's General Secretariat in Jeddah on Wednesday.
Ambassador (...)
The elected Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ambassador Hissein Ibrahim Taha today assumed office at the headquarters of the OIC's General Secretariat in Jeddah.
Ambassador Hissein Taha was elected in November 2020 (...)
The situation in Africa's Lake Chad Basin region remains highly volatile, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Friday, spotlighting a rising tide of extremist violence as a continuously crippling force.
Lives are lost daily to (...)
Global casualties from anti-personnel landmines were "exceptionally high" last year, with Syrians and Afghans worst-hit, a UN-backed civil society report said on Wednesday.
According to Landmine Monitor 2021, the number of victims rose by 20 per (...)
At least 25 children aged five to six have died after their straw-hut classrooms caught fire in southern Niger, BBC reported on Tuesday.
Several others were injured during the blaze, which broke out on Monday morning as children took part in school (...)
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of Niger, following a gold mine collapse last Sunday and classrooms fire yesterday, in the Maradi region, southern Niger, killing (...)
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongloy condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted a village in the town of Banibangou and a military center in Tillabéri region in western Niger, near the border with (...)
More than a million people in Burkina Faso have been displaced from their homes, victims of ongoing conflict and poverty.
Nevertheless, following a recent visit to the central and northern regions of the country, Barbara Manzi, Resident and (...)
Niger has declared two days of national mourning from Friday, after at least 69 people were killed in an attack by insurgents, BBC reported.
Suspected Islamic extremists ambushed a self-defense brigade in western Niger, killing 69 people in the (...)
Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labor by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
Qu Dongyu, the FAO Director-General, was among UN agency chiefs addressing the opening of the (...)
