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White American family protests against white supremacy, relays in honor of Ahmaud Arbery
A white America family headed by Levi Ketelsen has called for total annihilation of white supremacy in the United States....
Covid-19: Scientists share experiences, expertise in Islamic countries at first international meeting
Al-Mustafa Foundation for Science and Technology, in partnership with in the Science, Technology and Studies Organization of Singapore has organized...
American medical experts claim children not immune to Coronavirus
NEW YORK (May 19, 2020) – While most children infected with the novel coronavirus have mild symptoms, a subset requires...
EU suspends distribution of Chinese face masks, alleges poor quality
Following complaints from two different countries about the quality of the Chinese face masks delivered to the countries, the European...
28 million Afro-American Christians condemn killing of Ahmaud Arbery, call appointment of Lead Prosecutor Joyette Holmes window-dressing
Washington DC – The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a coalition of 34,000 churches representing 27.7 million African Americans in collaboration with...
World leaders seek collaboration, demand free coronavirus vaccine for all nations
Following the ongoing efforts to produce a cure for the Covid-19, past and present world leaders have resolved that everyone...
Covid-19 Vaccine: 8 top candidates emerge, WHO appeals for more funding
The World Health Organization chief has disclosed that there are about seven to eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to...
Migrants headed to Arabian Gulf stranded in Somalia amid COVID-19
Hundreds of migrants are stranded in Bossaso, Puntland, Somalia, as a result of border and sea-crossing closures brought on by...
THE THREE SEGMENTS OF RAMADAN
At the beginning of this sacred month, 11 days ago, an analysis was done in this column classifying the 30...
Covid toe, other mystery rashes baffle doctors
Doctors treating coronavirus are baffled with the mysterious rashes linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. COVID toe, a rash that appears...
RAMADAN GUIDE: MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS OF FASTING
Whenever Ramadan comes around every year, many Muslims perceive it from economic, social and psychological perspectives alone. They hardly note...
RAMADAN GUIDE: LITERACY AND TAFSIR
One of the indisputable aiding instruments of Tafsir is literacy. The more literate the Muslims are in the relevant language,...
POSITIVE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 IN NIGERIA
The world is currently held at the jugular by a new strain of Coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, which was first identified...
Investing in Social Services and Climate Actions to Prepare Better for Pandemic
The Sustainable Development Goals call for actions to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace...
Muslim World League supports UNRWA, donates $1 million
The Muslim World League, the international non-governmental organization, has supported the United Nations Relief and Works Agency with a huge...
WHO opposes issuance of immunity passport
The idea for the immunity passport or a back-to-work pass is that if you've been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
Covid-19: WHO warns against distraction from other health issues
The World Health Organization has urged that countries should not allow the unprecedented pandemic prevent them from maintaining efforts on...
YouTube opposes 5G theory, bans contents contrary to WHO advice
In an effort to prevent spread of misinformation about coronavirus, YouTube has begun banning of any coronavirus-related contents that lack...
UN receives 1.2 million euros from EU to fight Covid-19 in Nigeria
As the number of cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to increase, along with concerns around the need to drastically...
Covid-19: UN warns of extreme hunger, calls for actions
As the world battles life-threatening pandemic, the United Nations has warned of extreme hunger, stressing that about 265 million people...
Covid-19: UN sanctions member over failure to complete self-isolation
The United Nations has taken disciplinary action against a staff member who failed to complete self-isolation and left South Sudan...
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...
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...