Africa
![Residents of Rutshuru Territory flee their homes to seek safety in Goma. [UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DRC-IDP-12.jpg "War against M-23 Rebels")
The UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region has called on the parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to stop fighting…
21 May 2013 / Listen /More than 7 million now on HIV treatment across Africa: UNAIDS
A new report says the number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million in 2005 to 7.1 million in 2012, with nearly 1 million added in the…
21 May 2013 / Listen /UN chief asks Mozambican President to be Education Champion
![Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meeting with H.E. Armando Emilio Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique. [UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SG-MOZAMBIQUE-2.jpg "Secretary-General meeting President of the Republic of Mozambique.")
The President of Mozambique Armando Guebuza has agreed to act as an education champion at the request of the…
21 May 2013 / Listen /UN refugee agency working to contain cholera epidemic in Niger
![Malian refugees at the Mangaizé refugee camp in northern Niger. [UNHCR/ H.Caux]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mali-refugees-Niger.jpg "Mali refugees Niger")
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and its partners are working in Niger to contain a cholera epidemic in…
21 May 2013 / Listen /Chinese actress Li Bingbing advocates for saving African elephants
China's leading actress has called for greater effort to end the illegal ivory trade, which experts say is fueling…
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