A day in the life of Mary Lau Makur, a local nurse in South Sudan.

The Government of Japan is funding a $3.2 million UNOPS-implemented project designed to assist Somali’s federal police force.

This week the Italian Development Cooperation (IDC) in collaboration with UNOPS announced a donation of two vehicles to the Italian NGO, Doctors with Africa, CUAMM.

The Italian Government, through the Italian Development Cooperation, will provide €500,000 for a new UNOPS-implemented project in Kassala State.

The Government of Japan and South Sudan’s Ministry of Transportation, Roads and Bridges jointly inaugurated on 28 April a river port in Mingkaman.

Explosive hazards prevent children from going to school, inhibit farmers from working the land and block the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance. Each year they kill or injure thousands of people around the world.

South Sudan is dying while waiting for peace

Heavy flooding in North Darfur devastated the area, impacting local health and educational services.

Through ongoing conflict in the region, reliable access to safe, clean drinking water has long been an issue for local communities.

‘West African dwarf goat’, ‘Djallonké sheep’ and ‘N’dama cattle’ are not words that spring to mind when one thinks of food security, but these three species of livestock are vital to many local livelihoods.

Throughout 2015, we will be exploring some of our past achievements. This includes our five-year monitoring mission of Mount Nyiragongo, one of Africa’s most active volcanoes, which holds the world’s largest lava lake.