Tag: UN
Africa should not be penalised because of Omicron – UN
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the restrictions imposed on travellers from southern African countries due to…
UN Security Council withdraws 6,000 troops from Sudan
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution that will end the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Sudan’s Darfur…
UN condemns attack on Afghan Vice President
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the Wednesday attack on Afghan Vice-President, Amrullah Saleh.
Coronavirus: UN rebuffs Trump’s attack on WHO
The United Nations (UN) has defended the World Health Organisation (WHO) against criticisms that it gave bad advice during the…
UN warns: Eating habits must change to stop global warming
The way the world manages land, produces and eats food has to change to curb global warming or food security,…
Scores killed, several migrants injured as bomb hits Libya detention centre
About forty migrants at a detention centre on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli, have lost their lives in…
U.N. reveals secret tape of Khashoggi’s last moments
The top line out of the new United Nations report released Wednesday on the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal…
UN votes to demand Britain start ‘decolonisation’ of Chagos Islands
The UN’s 193 member states voted overwhelmingly to ask Britain to hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius…
Al Shabaab now making deadly bombs, UN raises alarm
A secret UN report said Al Shabaab, Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own bombs, as they mount more frequent…
Libya conflict: 700,000 displaced — UN
The United Nations on Wednesday said nearly 700,000 people had been displaced as a result of clashes in and around…
UN condemns deadly attack on Burkina Faso church
Top UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, have condemned Sunday’s deadly attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso. At…
UN pledges to support AfDB’s power project
The United Nations (UN) has pledged to support the African Development Bank (AfDB)’s power project known as ‘Desert to Power’…
UN gives Mozambique $13 million for Cyclone Kenneth damage
The United Nations will give Mozambique and the Comoros Islands $13 million in emergency funds to help provide food and…
UN warns of high prospect of nuclear war
The United Nations has warned that the threat of a nuclear weapon being used is now “higher than it has…
UN pledges commitment to women’s access to social protection
After two weeks of deliberation, the 63rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) concluded Friday…
UN Women, partners, launch new initiative to repeal discriminatory laws
The UN Women, in collaboration with African Union, European Union and other partners, are seeking to fast-track efforts to repeal…
UN honours 21 staff members killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash
The UN came together in sadness and solidarity on Friday to honour its 21 staff members, who died on board…
FG, UN sign MoU on HIV/AIDS
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on how to decisively…
Implement peace deal, UN urges Yemen parties
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, urged Yemen’s warring parties to implement a peace deal…
Nigeria assumes Chairmanship of African Group at UN
Nigeria has assumed the Chairmanship of the African Group at the United Nations for the month of March 2019, succeeding…
UN shuts human rights office in Burundi
Burundi has forced the United Nations to shut its local human rights office after 23 years, the U.N. human rights…
PDP to petition UN over alleged militarisation of Feb. 23 elections
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it has resolved to petition the United Nations over the role allegedly played by…
EU, AU, UN, other observation missions urge INEC to adhere to new dates
Election Observation Missions of the European Union (EU), African Union (AU), United Nations (UN) and others have called on the…
Evidence shows Khashoggi murder was planned and perpetrated by Saudi officials – UN
A UN-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, on Thursday, said that evidence pointed to a brutal…
Congo’s violence claim 890 lives in December – UN
At least 890 people were killed over three days in mid-December in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN Human…
Ensure peaceful and credible elections in 2019, U.N Chief urges Nigeria
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for peaceful, inclusive and credible elections in Nigeria. Guterres made the call…
SERAP drags Nigerian Govt to UN over failure to end ASUU strike
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs, urging them to…
DRC General elections: U.N Secretary-General sues for peace
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on political actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to work…
UN, U.S. condemn attack on Libya’s foreign ministry
The United Nations and the United States have strongly condemned a terrorist attack on the Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
UN General Assembly endorses Global Compact for Migration
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday in New York endorsed the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and…