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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...