Turkana, 11 July 2016-- UN-Habitat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This MoU, signed by UN-Habitat’s Director of Regional Office for Africa Prof. Oyeyinka Oyebanji and UNHCR Country Representative for Kenya Mr. Raouf Mazou, will endorse on-going UN-Habitat’s contribution to a development of a new settlement hosting both refugees and host communities in Turkana County, Kenya.

Geneva, 6 July 2016 - UN-Habitat’s Eduardo Moreno presented the key findings of the World Cities Report to members of the diplomatic community, media and international experts on municipal finance at a Europe launch of th

Geneva, 6 July 2016 - UN-Habitat Deputy Executive Director Aisa Kirabo Kacyira has said that urban safety will not happen by accident and requires hard work and action. She made the statem

Nay-Pi-Taw 5 July 2016-- Last week in Nay-Pi-Taw, Myanmar, UN-Habitat handed over the

04 July 2016, Geneva – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) aim to reduce disaster losses in some of the world’s most hazard prone cities with the initial aid of a €6 million grant from the EU, over the next three years. Mr. Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development said: ”Strengthening disaster risk governance is an essential part of sustainable development and a key priority of the Sendai Framework.

Wuhan, China 04 July 2016–UN-Habitat and the Wuhan Land Use and Urban Spatial Planning Research Center (WLSP) started a new programme to promote urban public space in China.

Durban, 01 July 29, 2016—Terrorism by Boko Haram, Al Shabab, threat to albinos as xenophobic attacks and gender based violence remain some of the biggest challenges to safety and security in African urban centres, Director of Programmes at UN-Habitat Alioune Badiane said Wednesday.“We abhor the revulsive attacks by Boko Haram mainly in West Africa and the Lake Chad region, the Al Shaabab in East Africa, xenophobic attacks mainly seen in Southern Africa and gender based violence which is cross cutting,” he said. Mr.

28 June 2016 - With generous support from the Government of Japan, temporary premises providing 25 classrooms, 128 residential units with accommodation for 512 students,

28 June 2016 - A panel discussion held in New York  this month brought together representatives of UN Women, UN-Habitat, Cities Alliance and the Huairou Commission to discuss results of the Expert Group Meeting on Gender Perspectives of the New Urban Agenda. Panelists included Ms. Aisa Kaycira, Deputy Executive Director of UN-Habitat; Ms.

Nairobi, 22 June 2016—Africa is in dire need of registered planners, a situation that is impacting negatively on the continent’s development and UN-Habitat is keen on addressing this anomaly.

A meeting between Town Planners Registration Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (TOPREC) and UN-Habitat heard that Kenya, with a population of over 40 million had only 200 registered planners. The situation was not any better in Nigeria with only 4000 planners with a population of over 170 million.