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Three United Nations agencies leading the response to a dire hunger and nutrition crisis in South Sudan welcomed a US$50 million donation from the World Bank to address food insecurity and malnutrition in the country on Sep 12.

Distribution of High-Energy Biscuits in Haiti started on 10 September.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a temporary order allowing the Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees while the court considers challenges to the travel ban.

The Brazilian government has opened an investigation into the deaths of 10 members of an uncontacted indigenous tribe, allegedly at the hands of gold miners.

Refugees from Central African Republic, Merveille, aged nine and Octavie, seven, were given a chance to start over in Canada with their family in 2016.

At the end of a three-day visit to Niger, the new United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, on September 11, commended the Government of Niger for tackling the country’s complex humanitarian crisis, including leading the provision of life-saving aid to 400,000 people in the Diffa region, where one out of two people require humanitarian assistance and Boko Haram attacks remain a grave threat.

Security Council unanimously adopts resolution to impose tighter sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, briefs the Security Council on the situation in the country.

A child walks past mattresses laid on the floor in the women's section of the Al-Nasr detention centre in Zawiya, Libya, Sunday 20 August 2017.