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UN Refugees Chief Filippo Grandi talks with a woman and her baby from the refugee community during his official visit to Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Kasulu District, western Tanzania, February 7, 2019. Photo: UNHCR/Georgina Goodwin
The head of the UN Refugee Agency has praised Tanzania for the long-standing welcome it offers hundreds of thousands of refugees, describing it as a “regional peacemaker” in an unstable part of Africa, that deserves more…
EAC leaders at the 20th Summit meeting in Arusha, 1 February 2019. From left to right, Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), John Magufuli (Tanzania) and Burundi's deputy president Gaston Sindimwo. EAC Photo/Filbert Rweyemamu
The East African Community has acknowledged receipt of a report on the stalled Burundi peace talks holding under aegis of the regional bloc.
Special Envoy Michel Kafando in meeting with Heads of UN agencies in Burundi on 23 January 2018. UN Photo/Desiré Ndagijimana
The Special Envoy of the Secretary General today concluded a weeklong visit to Bujumbura, during which he met with Heads of UN agencies operating in Burundi.
Staff of OSESG-B at retreat to lay out plans for 2019. UN Photo/Napoleon Viban
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi (OSESG-B) organized a one-day retreat on Friday, January 25, 2019 at the Lake Tanganyika Club.
OSESG-B director Yewande Odia and colleagues visit an orphanage in Bujumbura on 10 December 2018. UN Photo/Napoleon Viban
As Burundians warmed up for the holiday season, staff of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General in Burundi (OSESG-B) conducted a humanitarian outreach on10 December 2018, targeting underprivileged children…
Michel Kafando, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, briefs the Security Council on the situation in Burundi, 28 November 2018. UN Photo
The absence of an inclusive political dialogue in Burundi has left country fragile amid the humanitarian, economic and financial difficulties and ongoing security threats, the United Nations Special Envoy there told the…
On 12 September 2018 in Beni, a UNICEF staff member discusses the best way to protect yourself against Ebola in a conversation with young people living in Beni, DR Congo, after a recent Ebola outbreak. © UNICEF/Thomas Nybo
The World Health Organization and Ugandan Ministry of Health have begun vaccinating frontline health workers in the country against Ebola, in a bid to stop an outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic of Congo from crossing the…
The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2439 concerning the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo. UN Photo/Manuel Elias
The United Nations Security Council has voiced “serious concern” over the impact of deteriorating security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on the response to the deadly Ebola outbreak and fears that…
Collection of ballots for the election of members of the Human Rights Council at the General Assembly on 12 October 2018. UN Photo/Manuel Elias
The United Nations General Assembly held secret-ballot elections for the Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday. As of 1 January next year, the 18 newly-elected States will serve for three years on the UN’s highest inter…
Burundian refugees and their makeshift shelters in Nyarugusu camp, Tanzania. Photo: Phil Moore/Oxfam
Efforts to assist the tens of millions who’ve been forced from their homes are being increasingly constrained by severely limited funds, a new report from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned, urging greater…
Ezéchiel Nibigira, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Burundi, addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak
The United Nations Security Council should “have the courage to remove Burundi from its agenda”, Foreign Minister Ezekiel Nibigira said on Saturday, 29 September 2018, from the rostrum of the General Assembly.
Man walking through a flooded rice field. Photo: Nonie Reyes/World Bank
Unrelenting conflict and rapid climate change is continuing to reshape agriculture across the world, and contributing to major food shortages across 39 countries, which continue to rely on help from the United Nations to meet…