United Nations
18 Aug 2023
...Says two million children at risk of acute malnutrition As Nigeria joins the global community to mark the 2023 World Humanitarian Day, United Nations and the federal government have paid tribute to 37 aid workers that have died in the Northeastern part of Nigeria since 2016. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management…
18 Aug 2023
More than four million Yemenis will receive less food assistance as a result of funding shortages, compounding one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, the UN's food agency warned Friday. The World Food Programme said "a deeper funding crisis for its Yemen operations from the end of September onward... will force WFP to make difficult…
17 Aug 2023
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has said Africa remains the best investment destination, profiling its natural resources, arable land and huge population. Speaking at the second Africa Social Impact Summit, co-convened by Sterling One Foundation and United Nations in Lagos, the Nigerian advised that investment in the continent must go beyond extracting raw materials…
11 Aug 2023
United Nations (UN) has launched the North East resource centre for women in politics, in Borno State.
30 Jul 2023
The UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) has come to a close at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) after three days of high-level events, meetings and dialogues bringing together over 2000 participants from 180 countries...
25 Jul 2023
The United Nations said on Tuesday it had begun transferring one million barrels of oil from a rusting super-tanker off war-torn Yemen, in a bid to avert a catastrophic spill. "The United Nations has begun an operation to defuse what might be the world's largest ticking time bomb," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a…
20 Jul 2023
Dozens of rights experts and NGOs have asked the UN rights chief to urgently intervene to prevent the execution of an Iranian boxing champion sentenced over his role in 2019 protests. The appeal came after Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani on Wednesday saw his execution verdict confirmed to him before he was taken to a secluded section…
15 Jul 2023
Yesterday, the United Nations (UN) in its bid to fast track the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using tourism, gathered leaders from the public and private sectors for a high level roundtable at the official side event on “Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability in Tourism” at the UN Headquarters in New York.
14 Jul 2023
United Nations (UN), yesterday, warned that over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, weather shocks and conflict, including the war in Ukraine.
12 Jul 2023
The United Nations on Wednesday said nearly three months of war in Sudan have uprooted more than three million people, and called for the warring sides to face "accountability"
11 Jul 2023
United Nations (UN) has warned that Sudan is on the brink of a full-scale civil war, as Egypt readies to host a summit on Thursday, July 13, to discuss ways to end the 12-week conflict between rival Sudanese military factions.
6 Jul 2023
The decision by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to slash population of its proposed emergency food and nutrition assistance operation in the Sahel due to funding crunch may have exposed 5.4 million West Africans to imminent starvation.