West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and humanitarian crises as countries prepare for pivotal elections in 2025, the UN special envoy for the vast reg ...

The United Nations on Saturday condemned the recent bombardment of a World Food Programme (WFP) compound in the Blue Nile region near the border with Ethiopia that left three workers dead ...

Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which has become “a graveyard”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday ...

The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border, have intensified an already alarming humanitarian crisis, according to ...

The latest FIFA Rankings have reinforced Morocco\'s dominance of African football, with the Atlas Lions ending the year as the highest-ranked African nation despite slipping two places globally to 14t ...

The UN Secretary-General on Thursday urged the Security Council to act decisively to establish international guardrails for artificial intelligence (AI), warning that delays could heighten risks to gl ...

The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease was declared over Thursday by the Government of Rwanda with no new cases reported over the last 42 days after the last patient tested negative for the virus twice ...

Sudanese refugees in Uganda have shared distressing accounts of the ongoing conflict in Sudan with the UN International Fact-Finding Mission investigating human rights abuses in the country ...

A senior UN humanitarian official on Thursday issued an urgent plea for international support to alleviate the devastating toll of the ongoing war in Sudan, as millions remain in desperate need of aid ...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Friday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania ...

South Sudanese women and girls who are refusing to accept an arranged marriage are among those being arrested and detained unlawfully, UN human rights investigators said on Wednesday ...

Kenya is facing mounting cyber attack threats following the increased migration of state services to digital platforms, according to a parliamentary report released on Thursday ...