United Nations
16 May 2023
The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar's Rakhine state rose to 41 on Tuesday, local leaders told AFP, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support. Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, Mocha made landfall on Sunday, downing power pylons and smashing wooden fishing boats…
11 May 2023
The UN rights chief Thursday called on the international community to exert all possible pressure on the fighting sides in Sudan to resolve the conflict and end "the wanton violence". The fighting has plunged "this much-suffering country into catastrophe", United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said. Addressing a special session of the…
11 May 2023
Stakeholders have lamented that Gender-Based Violence (GBV) negates the three fundamental principles of freedom, justice and peace globally.
1 May 2023
The Taliban authorities will be absent from UN-led talks on Afghanistan that open Monday in Qatar, as a government spokesman rejects linking international engagement with women's rights
26 Apr 2023
The United Nations, in a new report, has called for sustainable industrial transformation to close the widening development gap between countries, meet climate targets and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
21 Apr 2023
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has called on the international community to wade into the attacks in the southern part of Kaduna State, by sending troops to halt the alleged genocide perpetrated by the Fulani militia in various communities.
19 Apr 2023
India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by the end of June, UN estimates showed Wednesday, posing huge challenges to a nation with creaking infrastructure and insufficient jobs for millions of young people. The seismic shift will see India's population hit 1.4286 billion -- almost three million more than China's…