New York, Oct 13 (JEN): Efforts have been ramped up recently to mitigate the impact of floods and draughts in Somalia driven by the El Niño phenomenon between now and December, which may ...

New York, Oct 13 (JEN): After weekend polls in Guinea, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday encouraged all political leaders and national stakeholders to maintain the peace ...

New York, Oct 10 (JEN): Following the proposal of the names of candidates for the presidency for a national unity government in Libya, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged ...

New York, Oct 10 (JEN): Acting to help “save the threatened lives of migrants or of victims of human trafficking” and to disrupt criminal enterprises operating on the high-seas o ...

New York, Oct 10 (JEN): Afghans who fled fighting in Kunduz have received bread baked from wheat flour fortified with vitamins and minerals along with other food supplies, but the World Foo ...

New York, Oct 10 (JEN): Extending for two months the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), the Security Council urged the parties to implement a rece ...

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): International and national experts from the Nepalese Department of Archaeology and an archaeological team from Durham University have begun post-disaster excavation su ...

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): Food prices are staying lower for longer periods, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Thursday, saying lower food prices "seem to be ...

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): With the holding its first round of elections 9 August this year, to renew the executive legislative and local leadership of the country, Haiti is taking "resolute" st ...