JERUSALEM, May 30 (UPI) -- The number of Israeli-ordered checkpoints in the West Bank has grown in past months, restricting Palestinian travel in the area, a United Nations report says.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 25 (UPI) -- Violence against foreign nationals is spreading across South Africa with 42 people dead so far, U.N. officials said.

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 22 (UPI) -- U.N. officials say drought is posing a dire threat to the struggling population of Somalia at the same time internal fighting has flared up.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The United Nations says that escalating violence in Somalia is forcing thousands to flee their homes and has led to an increasingly vulnerable population.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Thousands of Central African Republic refugees in eastern Cameroon are suffering from disease and malnutrition, United Nations officials said Monday.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The head of the U.N. relief effort in Sudan has been expelled from South Darfur for objecting to the relocation of hundreds of women and children.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The United Nations said tens of thousands of people fled Mogadishu during fighting last weekend in the Somali capital.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands, April 6 (UPI) -- In the wake of Monday's deadly tsunami, residents of the Solomon Islands face many serious health threats, the United Nations said.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- U.N. agencies are stepping up aid to Bolivians devastated by flooding, hail and freeze, affecting 200,000 people and killing more than 20.