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UN Secretary-General António Guterres meets children at Bulumkutu Interim Care Centre in Maiduguri

Peace and Security

Recognize ‘enormous challenges’ facing northern Nigeria to forge new hope, Guterres urges

UN News

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka lead high-level mission to Mugunga Camp for internally displaced people, in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Photo: UN News/Lulu Gao

News

Wrapping up Africa trip, UN deputy chief vows to ensure displaced women return home in dignity

UN News

Made in Dadaab: Mihiyo and her family. Photo: Moulid Hujale/IRIN

News

The refugee camp that became a city

MONUSCO troops providing an armed escort. Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN

News

Can the UN patch things up in Congo?

By Habibou Bangré

Un soldat monte la garde devant un bureau de vote dans la capitale du Burundi, Bujumbura

News

Ban urges parties in Burundi to refrain from violence during elections

UN News

Also

Stabilizing Somalia: a new chapter begins

A “make or break” point for the country’s new leaders

Jocelyne Sambira

By Jocelyne Sambira

Female police officers from Rwanda arrive in Darfur, Sudan

Web Feature

Women, peace and security, 10 years on

By Marian Aggrey

Also

Security reform key to protecting women

Training, recruitment and prosecutions can reduce violence

By Ernest Harsch

Also

Security for the highest bidder

Shoddy policing for the many, costly private protection for the few

Also

Setting foreign fighters on the road home

Repatriation of ex-combatants vital to securing regional peace

By Ernest Harsch

Cover Story

Wanted: jobs for Africa’s youth

Seeking urgent solutions for armies of young unemployed

By Gumisai Mutume

Health Campaign