Tag: United Nations
United Nations taps African oil, mineral wealth to fight hunger
Four African countries have agreed to divert a portion of revenue from oil, gold and other resources to an innovative…
150 world leaders adopt 2030 agenda for SDGs – Ki-Moon
No fewer than 150 World leaders on Friday adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced…
UN Sec Gen meets governors amid tight security
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Sunday in Abuja, began his visit to Nigeria with a meeting with state…
Global conflicts displace 60m people – UN
Almost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest…
Boko Haram: 2,100 victims to benefit from UN rebuilding of North East
The UN has commenced the first phase of providing livelihoods and early recovery support scheme to 700 women and youths…
UN optimistic Buhari can crush Boko Haram
GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) – Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari’s promised campaign to defeat Boko Haram could drive more militants over…
UN decries Boko Haram’s sexual abuse of captives
Ms Zainab Bangura, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, on Wednesday decried reported rape and…
UN ‘strongly urges’ Nigeria not to postpone elections again
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly urged Nigeria on Friday to avoid another delay in holding elections and expressed concern over…
UN aid workers to assist victims of Boko Haram
The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said tens of thousands of Nigerian refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were…
No To UN Peacekeeping In Nigeria
Reports of the visit of the Special Representative of the Secretary General to West Africa to Abuja indicate that the…
Rebels slaughtered hundreds in S.Sudan – UN
Rebels in South Sudan slaughtered at least 353 civilians in April last year, including people sheltering in a mosque, hospital…
Food wasted enough to feed 2bn people, says UN
A United Nations report says that the world wastes enough food to feed an estimated two billion people. This was…
$1 billion needed to fight Ebola – UN
Nearly $1.0 billion dollars is needed to fight the Ebola outbreak raging in west Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday,…
Reliable energy critical to Africa’s development – UN
Dr Kandeh Yumkela, Special Representative and Chief Executive of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative of the United Nations, said…
UN vows not to abandon Ebola-hit Liberia
The United Nations has vowed its peacekeepers will not abandon Liberia and will “stay the course” despite the Ebola epidemic…