From its base in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, Radio Miraya – the station run by the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS – is tasked with promoting dialogue, tolerance and peace – the three interlinked themes of World Radio Day 2019. In an interview with UN News’s Daniel Johnson, presenter Lucy Jubara explains how the radio station accomplishes its mission.

Basic rules such as “keeping your hands clean and cooking food thoroughly” contribute to food safety, but when someone is living in a place with poor sanitation or where food insecurity is a reality, “it’s hard to make good choices”. That’s according to David Massey, Communications Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Smartphone listener guidelines unveiled to prevent growing levels of hearing loss

Thousands flee fresh violence in South Sudan’s Equatoria State

Automatic braking guidelines will reduce crashes, says UNECE

Engaging women and girls in science ‘vital’ for achieving sustainable development goals

Food for millions in Yemen at risk of rotting in key Red Sea port

Judicial independence under threat in Nigeria, warns UN rights expert

UN committed to helping Venezuelans amid growing needs: aid agencies

Rapid spread of Lassa fever in five African countries is ‘concerning’: UN health agency

Violence in Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine state

Women  can “punch through the glass ceiling” and do “incredible work” in science.

This is the message from Lisa Harvey Smith,  the Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador.

In this interview, Julia Dean from the UN Information Centre in Australia started by asking her what it is that she loves about science.

Myanmar constitutional reform ‘a positive development’

Yemen: Food available, not accessible

UN rights chief ‘concerned’ over Jehovah’s Witness sentencing

UN Chief calls for an end to Female Genital Mutilation

Nearly two-thirds of children at risk of ‘vicious cycle of poverty’

Largest ever UN humanitarian convoy reaches remote Syrian settlement

Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Frantz Celestin, told UN News’s Daniel Johnson about the extremists’ use of “hit-and-run” tactics in north-east Nigeria and explained what the priorities are now for the aid teams coping with mass displacement and overcrowded protection camps.

North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues amid attackers’ ‘increased sophistication’

$202 million appeal for life-saving aid to half a million Libyans

Tech transformation saves UN food agency millions in first year