UN-Habitat includes COVID-19 prevention as schools prepare to reopen in cyclone affected region of Mozambique
August 27th, 2020
Beira, Mozambique, 27 August 2020 - UN-Habitat in Mozambique has adapted its activities on disaster risk reduction in schools to respond to the new challenges brought by COVID-19 Because of the…
Ethiopia’s open air markets are redesigned with SIDA support to limit COVID-19 spread
August 25th, 2020
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 21 August 2020 – Ethiopia’s Minister of Urban Development and Construction Ms. Aisha Mohammed laid a cornerstone in a ceremony in the northern city of Bahir Dar to mark the…
UN-Habitat and UNHCR launch a Settlement Profiling Tool to support infrastructure prioritization for the displaced
August 25th, 2020
25 August 2020 – After working closely together on coordinating infrastructure investments in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh, UN-Habitat and the United Nations High…
UN-Habitat intervention helps to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana’s slums
August 24th, 2020
Accra 24 August 2020 - In the informal settlements of Ghana, the news of the COVID-19 outbreak was met with alarm as residents could not afford preventative measures. However UN-Habitat and partners…
Vast majority of the world’s cities affected by COVID-19 according to UN-Habitat survey
August 24th, 2020
August 2020 - A crowd-sourced survey conducted by UN-Habitat which attracted replies from 113 countries found that 95 per cent of respondents lived in cities that had reported at least one COVID-19…
Local tax payments in Somaliland and Puntland soar due to mobile phone payments
August 21st, 2020
Somaliand and Puntland, August 2020 - UN-Habitat, through the Joint Programme on Local Governance (JPLG) has supported the Ministries of Interior for Somaliland and Puntland to introduce a mobile…
Key messages for World Humanitarian Day
August 19th, 2020
Wednesday 19 August - UN-Habitat is on the frontline of the world’s urban crises, responding immediately to help people most in need and to ensure a quick recovery. We work closely with communities…
Pacific Youth encouraged to claim their rights to participation and leadership!
August 18th, 2020
Suva, Fiji, 14 August 2020 - The Fiji Informal Settlements (FRIS) project celebrated International Youth Day 2020 in Suva, Fiji. Organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (…
UN-Habitat executes a model safe project in Sao Tome in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic
August 18th, 2020
Roça Sundy, Sao Tome and Principe 18 August 2020—UN-Habitat’s technical knowhow recently came in handy for a project undertaken by a local firm, Here Be Dragons (HBD) to improve housing conditions…
UN-Habitat provides water to the displaced in Somaliland to curb the spread of COVID-19
August 18th, 2020
Hargeisa, Somaliland, August 2020 UN-Habitat has supplied one million litres of clean water to internally displaced people in two settlements on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland. The…
New Urban Land Management Law to guide land issues in Puntland, Somalia
August 17th, 2020
Puntland, Somalia, July 2020- Puntland parliament approved the Urban Land Management Law which will for the first time establish clear guidelines on the governance, and management of urban land. The…
Thousands of residents in Pakistan’s urban slums flock to UN-Habitat’s handwashing stations
August 17th, 2020
Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 13 August 2020 - UN-Habitat Pakistan has joined forces with Pakistan’s Ministry of Climate Change to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in urban slums and ease the economic…
UN-Habitat and partners set to launch a multisectoral guide to support local authorities on migrants’ inclusion at local level
August 17th, 2020
Nairobi, 13 August 2020 - A recent survey among local authorities reveals that cross-sectoral thinking and multi-level governance solutions are needed for migrants’ inclusion but are often difficult…
Youth in Informal Settlements take the Lead on Fight Against the Spread of COVID-19
August 17th, 2020
12 August 2020 - The 20th anniversary of International Youth Day featured the Youth, COVID-19 and Informal Settlement International Summit celebrating the success of youth actions to prevent COVID-19…