Tag: United Nations
Ivory trade pushing African elephants to extinction – Mohammed
Ms Amina Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, says the demand for ivory may lead to the extinction of African elephants.
UN air operation disperses CAR militia
A UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) air operation dispersed heavily armed militiamen in the…
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UN asks President Trump to rescind order banning refugees
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again asked U.S. President Donald Trump to rescind the Refugee Order suspending entrance of refugees…
UN appoints Nigeria’s Olufemi Elias Registrar International Residual Mechanism
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the appointment of Olufemi Elias as Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for…
UN chief urges South Africa not to leave ICC
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged South African President Jacob Zuma to reconsider his country’s decision to leave the…
U.N. tells Saudi Arabia to end child stonings, executions
A UN human rights watchdog On Friday called on Saudi Arabia to end “severe” discrimination against girls and to repeal…
Breaking: UN suspends aid operations in Syria
The United Nations has suspended aid operations in Syria after a deadly attack on an aid convoy in rural Aleppo…
Nigerian women enter Italy for prostitution- UN
The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that about 3,600 Nigerian women arrived Italy by boat in…
Border Demarcation: Buhari pledges support for UN
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his administration will abide by the decision of the International Court of Justice on…
Boko Haram attacks UN team, soldiers, many wounded
Nigerian Islamists group, Boko Haram made a daring move today by attacking a team of United Nations officials on their…
UN releases N3.7billion to IDPs
The United Nations Humanitarian Chief, Mr Stephen O’Brien has released about N3.7billion ($13million) as life-saving support to the 250,000 Internally…
Former UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali is dead–UN
The United Nations has on Tuesday in New York announced the death of the 93 years old former UN Secretary…
More terrorist groups to pledge allegiance to IS in 2016, says UN
Islamist sect, Boko Haram and 33 other militant groups from around the world have reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic…
Why we assist women entrepreneurs – Torera Abiola
Torera Abiola, the late Chief MKO Abiola’s niece, is an ambassador on Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) organisation, a group supported…
Refugee situation on Lesbos has worsened–UN
The United Nations said on Friday that unabated influx of refugees onto Greek island of Lesbos had made the humanitarian…