DSG/SM/1058-SC/12820-HR/5361 Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the open debate of the Security Council on sexual violence in conflict, in New York today: Let me begin by commending Uruguay and the Deputy Foreign Minister in particular for hosting this import...

SC/12819 15 MAY 2017 SECURITY COUNCIL 7938TH MEETING (AM) Words, Laws, Resolutions Will Mean Nothing if Violations Go Unpunished in Practice, Deputy Secretary-General Stresses Shame and stigma were integral to the logic of using sexual violence as a tactic of war, torture or terrorism, the ...

The United Nations has appointed a new leader of the organisation that mobilises humanitarian aid during emergencies. As head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Sir Mark Lowcock will take on a dual role - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emer...

by Maggie Dougherty Northeast Nigeria isn’t known for being easy. It’s a complex environment: hot, dry and prone to droughts. Infrastructure is weak. Roads, hospitals, water systems and electricity simply don’t function throughout much of the state. The government health systems struggle to provi...

Au bassin du Lac Tchad, la conjonction d’un conflit armé et d’une crise écologique ont poussé au bord de la famine près de 8 millions de personne en 2016. Washington Forum se penchera sur la conjoncture sécuritaire et sur les efforts des pays de la région pour les séquelles de la guerre contre Boko ...

Des familles affluent d’une vingtaine de kilomètres à la ronde à la clinique mobile installée par Médecins sans frontières (MSF) près du village de déplacés de Fourkoulom.

Avec son pouce, Mani a barré sa gorge d’un trait sans équivoque. Six fois, en silence, elle a répété le geste pour indiquer le nombre des hommes tués sous ses yeux par la lame des émissaires de Boko Haram. Comme tout son village situé sur une île du lac Tchad à la frontière du Nigeria, Mani a été év...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of Nigerian refugees uprooted by the jihadist group Boko Haram have returned home from Cameroon in recent weeks, piling pressure on aid agencies and communities in Nigeria's hungry northeast, United Nations officials said on Tuesday.

The extreme north of Cameroon is suffering a food shortage exacerbated by climate change and conflict with Boko Haram. Fighting has spread across the borders from Nigeria into the countries of the Lake Chad region creating a refugee and famine crisis. It was once a tourist destination, but now peopl...

BANKI, Nigeria — The soldiers arrived in the middle of the night, tearing through the village of Nigerian refugees, barging into stick huts where families slept in knots on the floor. For years, those refugees had been on the run from Boko Haram insurgents, finally escaping across a dried riverbed...