Covid-19: 18 Foreign Ministers meet, agree to open transportation links
As part of diplomatic efforts to fight Covid-19 pandemic, foreign ministers from 13 countries have come together to device ways...
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Anthony Joshua challenges Fury to determine world’s champion
Anthony Joshua has insisted that Tyson Fury should come and fight him if he really wants to prove himself as...
UN agency donates COVID-19 PPE to shelter houses in South Africa
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC in South Africa has donated over personal protective equipment to shelter...
G20 countries sympathize with world’s poorest countries, suspend loan services
Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies have agreed to suspend debt service payments for the world’s poorest...
UN shortens food ration, Uganda battles hunger pangs
United Nations' World Food Program has announced a 30% relief reduction in the refugee programmes in Uganda, as farms and...
GP Global acquires lubricants assets of Nigeria’s Grand Petroleum
GP Global has acquired the lubricants assets of Nigeria’s Grand Petroleum. According to the Nosak Group, the acquisition of the...
Lockdown: IMF predicts worst global recession
The International Monetary Fund has predicted a serious economic realities, following the lockdown directives accross the world. The body also...
OPEC makes historic survival deal, empowers industry during pandemic
OPEC and OPEC+ Member countries have reached a much-needed historic deal for the survival of the industry during the COVID-19...
Covid-19: Expert projects extention till 2021
A US medical expert has projected that the world might battle coronavirus till at least the end of next year....
WHO blasts French doctors for racist remarks
World Health Organization’s Chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has angrily blasted the French doctors who suggested that Africa could be perfectly...
Coronavirus: Medical workers in trauma over death of 100 colleagues
Italian medical doctors and nurses have developed psychological trauma over the death of their colleagues whom they have been working...
French doctor apologizes for making racist remarks
One of the two French doctors who suggested that a possible treatment for COVID-19 should begin in Africa has apologized...
COVID-19: UN announces emergency response for displaced, vulnerable in Nigeria
The United Nations in Nigeria has declared emergency response measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. While announcing this on...
Coronavirus: UN calls for total ceasefire in Syria
Source: Reuters The United Nations has called for an immediate nationwide ceasefire across the war-battered country to promote an "all-out-effort"...
COVID-19: UN seeks financial Aid for poor countries
In a bid to help poor countries combat the spread of Covid-19, the United Nations has solicited financial aid from...
India hangs four rapists
India has executed four men for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus. The incident...
WHO urges countries to test all suspected cases of COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the coronavirus pandemic as the defining global health crisis of our time, and...
Facebook launches Community Accelerator programme
In line with its mission to give people the power to build community around the world and its commitment to...
UN postpones Africa Climate Week over coronavirus
The United Nations Climate Change secretariat, in close collaboration with all other organizing partners has postponed Africa Climate Week scheduled...
Germany contributes EUR 50 million to strengthen resilience in Congo
Germany has contributed EUR 50 million to strengthen resilience in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The German Federal Ministry...
UNAIDS launches Women’s day report
The joint United Nation Programs on HIV/AIDS has invited news media to the global launch of its program scheduled to...
OPEC to stabilize oil market despite coronavirus outbreak
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has disclosed plan to help stabilize the oil market, despite the outbreak of coronavirus....
Tanzanian government in the act of foot-greeting exchange
The Tanzanian State house has shared a picture of the Tanzanian president John Magufuli and opposition politician Maalim Seif Sharif...
Taliban detonate bomb, kill 3 during football match
Three people have been killed, and about 11 others wounded in Khost province explosion as the Taliban resumed operations. The...
Hewlett Foundation offers scholarship for community media
Hewlett Foundation has announced its annual education conference scholarship. According to the organizers, several Newmark J students, alumni and journalists...
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donates $100 million to coronavirus relief
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged about $100 million to help contain the coronavirus outbreak as part of World...
US, Australia close borders to Chinese arrivals
United States and Australia have closed their borders to arrivals from China as a means to control the rapid spread...
United Nations Report Urges Accountability for Libya Airstrike Deaths
TRIPOLI, Libya, January 27, 2020/ -- In a new report on the July 2019 airstrikes in Libya that killed at...
European Union & UN concerned by increasing attacks against aid workers
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 24, 2020/ -- EU, UN concerned by increasing attacks against aid workers Abuja, 24 January – The...
Intensifying cooperation on Libya – Maas visits Algiers and Tunis
BERLIN, Germany, January 23, 2020/ -- Following the Berlin Libya Conference, the priority now is to implement the decisions adopted...
International Mother Language Day
PRETORIA, South Africa, January 20, 2020/ -- The UN has established 21 February as the International Mother Language Day to...
‘This terrible situation cannot be allowed to continue’, UN chief tells world leaders at major Libya summit
NEW YORK, United States of America, January 20, 2020/ -- As fight continues between forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar,...
UN Humanitarian Coordinator Outraged at Attack Against Major Humanitarian Facility
By APO Group ABUJA, Nigeria, January 20, 2020/ -- The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, strongly condemns...
Tens of thousands of children at risk amidst violence and chaos of unrelenting conflict in Libya
By APO Group NEW YORK, United States of America, January 17, 2020/ -- “Children in Libya, including refugee and migrant...
Mohamed Ibn Chambas on The Gambia demonstrations
DAKAR, Senegal, January 17, 2020/ -- The Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and...
Berlin Conference on Libya
By APO Group BERLIN, Germany, January 15, 2020/ -- By means of the Berlin Process, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and...
United Nations Distressed by Rising Terror Attacks on Kenyan Schools
By APO Group NAIROBI, Kenya, January 15, 2020/ -- The United Nations Country Team in Kenya is deeply distressed by...
UNHCR seeks international solidarity for refugees and hosts in Sudan
By APO Group GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2020/ -- This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson...
Nearly 1,000 migrants returned to Libya in the first two weeks of 2020: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
By APO Group GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2020/ -- At least 953 migrants, among them 136 women and 85 children,...
The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur
By APO Group ZALINGEI, Sudan, January 14, 2020/ -- On 13 January, UNAMID Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator (JSR/JCM), Jeremiah...
‘Unprecedented terrorist violence’ in West Africa, Sahel region
By APO Group NEW YORK, United States of America, January 9, 2020/ -- “The region has experienced a devastating surge...
US medical scientists develop artificial kidney
A device known as the Artificial Kidney has been recently developed by the duo researcher, William Fissel and Shuvo Roy...
Uganda Government Looks to Save Billions through Asset Management
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, January 8, 2020/ -- The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the United Nations Department of Economic...
UN Libya Mission strongly condemns bombing of military academy, at least 30 dead
NEW YORK, United States of America, January 6, 2020/ -- Saturday’s bombing reportedly took place as cadets were gathering on...
UK takes side with America, says they are on the “same page”
By Abdulmoomeen S. Yitta UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab has on Saturday spoken on the stand of the British...
AI surpasses doctors in breast cancer diagnosis
By Muizat Hameed A recent study published in Journal Nature has suggested that Artificial Intelligence is more accurate than...
US legislators condemn assassination of Iranian military general
By Abdulmoomeen S. Yitta Following the assassination of the Iran top Commander Qasim Soleimani, Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep...
Latest Presidential Election in Guinea-Bissau
DAKAR, Senegal, January 2, 2020/ -- Following a three-day visit to Guinea Bissau conducted from 28 to 31 December, the...
New Year’s Babies: Over 3,900 children were born in Uganda on New Year’s Day
KAMPALA, Uganda, January 2, 2020/ -- UNICEF is calling for world leaders and nations to invest in health workers with...
UN Mission Envoy Commends Signing of Darfur Framework Agreement
NEW YORK, United States of America, December 31, 2019/ -- The agreement helps to advance the peace process by outlining...
Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack in Mogadishu
NEW YORK, United States of America, December 30, 2019/ -- The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest...
Continued airstrikes in western Libya ‘utterly unacceptable’, says UN mission chief
NEW YORK, United States of America, December 30, 2019/ -- Ghassan Salamé, head of the UN Support Mission in the...
International Community Must Step Up Support to Millions of Desperately Hungry Zimbabweans
HARARE, Zimbabwe, December 30, 2019/ -- Millions of Zimbabweans pushed into hunger by prolonged drought and economic crisis face an...
Chinese scientist genetically edits babies, gets 3 years imprisonment
By Muizat Hameed Dr He Jiankui, a Chinese scientist had been sentenced to three years imprisonment after his unrepentant...
Christmas ‘cancelled’ in Burkina Faso, in aftermath of extremist attacks
APO Group GENEVA, Switzerland, December 26, 2019/ -- Simultaneous attacks by extremist insurgents on a military base and Arbinda town...
Let West Africa’s success echo throughout the world.
ABUJA, Nigeria, December 23, 2019/ -- The African Development Bank’s investments in West Africa are yielding remarkable results, the President...
International Organization for Migration Supports Cross-border Communities Between Mauritania and Mali
BOUSTEILA, Mauritania, December 18, 2019/ -- “No development can be attained without security. It is with safe borders that we...
Muslim doctor introduces disposable surgical hijab
Muizat Hameed A hospital trust had recently supported the idea of a young doctor who saw the need...
Arsenal FC star laments over Uighur Muslims persecution, Chinese government blames fake news
Abdulmumeen Sulaiman Arsenal star, Mesut Ozil, has lamented over the persecution of Muslim minority in China. He shared...
