Organization seeks nearly $84 million for assistance to address Nepal's worst COVID-19 outbreak

World's youngest nation has to eliminate corruption and establish a transparent and open government,

World Food Program says 700,000 people this month will see rations drop to just half the recommended

The cash-and-shares deal would create the first U.S.-Mexico-Canada railroad, offering a single integ

Children comprise more than 65 percent of the refugee population, including 66,000 children who have

A new UN report says South Sudanese political and military leaders supported well-armed militias tha

The UN released its South Sudan humanitarian response plan for 2021 Tuesday, with an urgent appeal f

Security Council votes unanimously to extend the almost 20,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force

South Sudan's people are experiencing the worst violence since civil war broke out in December 2013

Sexual assaults are vastly underreported in the Horn of Africa country, and few perpetrators are pun

Five million on brink of famine; children are especially vulnerable

UN investigators report more than 75% of the country currently is engulfed in brutal violence at the

National Transitional Committee did not pay millions of dollars in bills for officials and generals

The US territory of Puerto Rico is slated to get billions to help with hurricane protection and rebu

Dr. Emmanuel Taban wants to educate and inspire the children of his homeland

Three UN agencies are calling for immediate humanitarian access to parts of South Sudan where people

More than one million people are caught in a devastating cycle of violence and abuse in Mozambique's

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in more than a month of fighting in the country's Ti

UN envoy for peacebuilding in region says Sudan is at critical point 

World body says it must provide a humanitarian lifeline to 165 million of the world's most vulnerabl

UN says COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc and an unprecedented number of people will need humanita

A weapons investigator with Amnesty International says South Sudan government forces are often the o

Guterres is calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Afghanistan to boost US mediated

Donor states come through with large pledges to assist millions in the Sahel who are at imminent ris

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya tells UN that a nation cannot and should not be a hostage to one man's thi

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese are in desperate need of emergency aid

While some citizens have embraced the peace deal, others say it's nothing more than a political deal

Mission is supposed to help Lebanon's army disarm groups like Hezbollah and keep weapons out of thei

United Nations is asking for help for 250,000 flood victims and others who need humanitarian assista

Second phase of human trials for COVID-19 vaccine underway in South Africa///

UNESCO and UNICEF are calling on South Sudan to reopen the country's schools, saying children are mo

South Sudan economic analyst welcomes the central bank's move to lower interest rates but says it wo

UNMISS chief says 57 peacekeepers could have contracted virus due to what he described as 'continuou

Witness: 'I was the first to be shot ... If they see you then many people chase after you until they

UNMISS chief David Shearer laments violence in northeastern Pibor area but hopes new agreement on al

Jonglei state officials plead for assistance from humanitarian groups after thousands of Pibor resid

Tibor Nagy says South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar should put aside dis

The UN is calling for calm in the wake of the attack by armed gunmen on a Dinka village that left do

Potential drivers include wildfires like those seen in Australia, rising sea levels affecting low-ly

Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is appealing for $375.5 million to support its effor

The UN refugee agency is teaming up with more than 30 other partners to provide the refugees with sh