Listen to a bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, with Dianne Penn and Matt Wells. In today’s programme: Security Council updated on Mali progress ahead of peace deal anniversary; and:Migrant workers sending more money home than a decade ago.

Fish are helping to bring communities together in one conflict-affected part of South Sudan thanks to a small but hugely significant project undertaken by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country, UNMISS. Fishing the Nile River has for a long time been central to the economy of the town of Bor, in the east [...]

This month marks two years since the signing of what it was hoped would be an historic peace accord in Mali. On Friday the Security Council was updated on the latest developments in the country and the outstanding issues that remain. Dianne Penn reports. Duration: 3’04″

Action plan gives "renewed hope" to people with albinism in Africa The endorsement of an action plan on albinism in sub-Saharan Africa has given "renewed hope" to people born with the condition, a UN human rights expert has said. Ikponwosa Ero was speaking just ahead of International Albinism Awareness Day, observed on 13 March. Albinism [...]

Kenya has "neglected" the "blue economy opportunities" presented by taking care of the ocean in the past, and must be a better steward in the future. That's according to Kenyan environment, water and natural resources minister, Judi Wakhungu, who led the east African nation's delegation to the historic UN Ocean Conference. She said Kenya had [...]

Women's health was Finland's "sensitive issue," says former premier Investing in women's healthcare as a basic human right in Finland used to be something of a "sensitive issue", but it has turned out to be a "smart investment", the country's former President said at the UN on Tuesday. Speaking ahead of a debate at the [...]

While the past decade has seen many improvements in national laws that infringe on the human rights of people with disabilities, there is still a long way to go. That's the assessment of Theresia Degener, chairperson of the UN committee which monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Activists are [...]

Innovation is a key development tool and it could provide "a way out" of the growing squeeze on the world's food resources, the UN said on Thursday. Francis Gurry, Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), made the announcement during the publication of a key annual global innovation index. It showed that Switzerland topped [...]

Aid access by land to hundreds of thousands of besieged civilians in Syria has been blocked for more than 40 days, a top humanitarian coordinator said on Thursday. Special Adviser to the UN Jan Egeland told journalists in Geneva that the last time aid trucks had made a delivery was in early May to Duma, [...]

Terror attack on popular restaurant in Somali capital condemned by UN An attack on a popular restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which reportedly killed at least 19 people, has been condemned "in the strongest possible terms" by the UN envoy for the East African country. Michael Keating said that Wednesday night's attack "was clearly [...]