Tag: UN
Myanmar releases ‘first batch’ of 1,250 Rohingya returnees from Bangladesh
Myanmar has supplied Dhaka with a list of 1,250 Rohingya refugees cleared to return to Rakhine State from Bangladeshi refugee…
Security reforms: UN, EU, AU, others laud Somalia’s efforts
The UN, the EU and the AU among other countries and blocs on Tuesday hailed Somalia’s implementation of the National…
Adeosun to address UN, OECD’s Conference on Tax, Revenue Leakages
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has been invited by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to speak…
22 Ethiopian migrants missing off Yemen – UN
Twenty-two Ethiopian migrants are missing after being dumped in the sea off Yemen, the UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM)…
Boko Haram: UN says 8.5m people need live-saving support in North-East
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says over 8.5 million persons need life-saving support due to…
North Korea writes UN, accuses U.S. of causing tensions
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho has sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, accusing the U.S. of…
Hungary threatens to quit UN talks on migration pact
Hungary threatened to quit talks on a UN pact on migration because its pro-migration tone threatened its security interests, the…
30 Africans drown off Yemen coast after boat capzised – UN
UN says 30 African refugees and migrants drowned off the coast of Yemen this week in a boat heading toward…
UN expects Africa’s economy to pickup in 2018
Africa’s economy is expected to grow 3.5 per cent in 2018, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from 2017, a…
Congo conflict displaces 800,000 children – UN
UN says no fewer 800,000 children fled violence in the eastern Congo, where many face being sexually abused or recruited…
700,000 South Sudanese uprooted by conflict, hunger – UN
About 700,000 people were forced to flee South Sudan in 2017 as refugees to neighbouring countries due to conflict, hunger…
UN warns of ‘breaking point’ humanitarian situation in DR Congo
The UN has decried the dire humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saying the world could…
UN seeks $1.6bn to protect 5.4m Somalis from drought
The UN office in Somalia has launched the 2018 humanitarian response plan, which called for 1.6 billion dollars to protect…
UN accused of ‘preserving terrorism’ in eastern Congo
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Wednesday accused the UN of “preserving terrorism” in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo where…
Humanitarian Aid: UN, Afghan govt launch $430m appeal for 2018
The UN and the Afghan Government on Monday launched a 430-million-dollar appeal for humanitarian assistance in the war-torn country in…
UN Appoints Adeosun into Pension Fund’s Investments Committee
Global organisation, the United Nations, has appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, into the Investments Committee of the…
UN spokesman considers Trump’s remarks on ‘shithole countries’ racist
The Office of UN Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported remarks that immigrants…
UN committed to helping Libya organise 2018 elections
The UN is committed to helping Libya organise elections by the end of this year, encouraged by the rate at…
Nigeria commended on Boko Haram suspects’ trial
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated the Government of Nigeria on conducting trials of Boko Haram suspects, and urged it…
UN expresses concern over Pakistan’s decision to expel 1m Afghan refugees
UN express deep concerns over Pakistan’s decision to expel two million Afghan refugees one month’s time.
UN repatriates 19,370 illegal immigrants from Libya in 2017
The UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has repatriated 19,370 illegal immigrants from Libya in 2017, an IOM official said…
UN rejects Trump’s Jerusalem recognition as Israel’s capital
The UN General Assembly has decisively backed a resolution effectively calling on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem…
Jerusalem Vote: Israeli PM Netanyahu calls UN ‘house of lies’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the UN as a “house of lies” ahead of a vote on Thursday on a…
UN adopts another Nigeria-sponsored resolution to curb illicit financial flows
The UN General Assembly has adopted by consensus another Nigeria-sponsored resolution to promote international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows…
International migrants reach 258m, says UN
The UN says the number of international migrants has reached 258 million and the number will continue to grow.
U.S. Missile Allegations: Iran to lodge complaint with UN
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Iran would refer the “baseless’’ U.S. accusations of arms smuggling to Yemen’s…
UN urges member states to safeguard children from online abuse
The UN has called on member states to keep children safe online by safeguarding their privacy and protecting them from…
UN holds emergency meeting over US’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel capital
The UN Security Council has convened an emergency session to discuss Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of…
3.3m Somalis will require life-saving assistance in 2018 – UN
The UN on Thursday said 3.3 million Somalis would require urgent life-saving assistance in 2018 due to combined vulnerabilities resulting…
Migrants evacuation: EU, UN, AU draw up emergency plan
The EU, UN and AU have agreed to an emergency plan to dismantle people smuggling networks and repatriate stranded migrants…