Poaching, bush fires and illegal logging have long threatened large parts of Guinea’s forests, but an unlikely group of men and women have stepped up to protect the country’s rich natural resources.

UNOPS handed over the laboratory to the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health on 10 November 2016.

UNOPS played a major supervisory role throughout the project, helping the contractor get the work done on schedule and address on-site issues.

To mark World Habitat Day, we’re highlighting how UNOPS helps support human settlements, and build better lives for people and communities.

Over the years, the people of Japan have supported stability in fragile states around the world.

H.E. Mr. Hideki Ito, the Ambassador of Japan to Sudan, is touring several UNOPS-implemented project sites 26-29 September 2016. ​​

A master tailor with a thriving business in Côte d’Ivoire, Moussa Keita was not always the businessman he is today. Like many others who share his experience of war, Moussa has traded in his weapons for a new life.

A $1.8 million project focused on water security for vulnerable communities in West and East Darfur was handed over on 30 August.

A new electrical power system for Hargeisa Group Hospital will help save lives and improve the wellbeing of hospital patients.

A day in the life of Mary Lau Makur, a local nurse in South Sudan.

The Government of Japan is funding a $3.2 million UNOPS-implemented project designed to assist Somali’s federal police force.

This week the Italian Development Cooperation (IDC) in collaboration with UNOPS announced a donation of two vehicles to the Italian NGO, Doctors with Africa, CUAMM.