Tag: United Nations
Nigerian humanitarian crisis: UN calls for closer collaboration
The United Nations (UN) on Friday called for stronger partnership with stakeholders to address humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram…
UN hails 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winners
The UN has hailed the award of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad and…
UN Grateful To Obasanjo for Peaceful Transition in Liberia
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed gratitude to former Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo for his mediation role in ensuring smooth…
UN wants selfies to make world leaders face cost of war
The UN is asking people around the world to take selfies and add their names to a petition calling on…
Post-election violence: ‘Exercise restraint’, UN tells Zimbabwe
The UN has called on Zimbabwe’s leaders to reject any form of violence after reported attacks on demonstrators protesting election…
UN marks Mandela’s 100th birthday
The UN will mark 100 years since the birth of the late anti-Apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela, on Wednesday, taking stock…
UN envoy cautions Israel, Palestine against war
UN envoy on the Middle East Peace Process, Mr Nickolay Mladenov, has urged Israelis and Palestinians to pull back from…
South Sudan: 232 killed, 120 women, girls raped – UN
The UN has accused South Sudan government forces and allies of killing 232 civilians and raping 120 women and girls…
UN says 815 million people hungry all over the world
No fewer than 815 million people are hungry in the world, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report 2018 has revealed.
TB kills over 1.6m people annually – UN
The UN has said no fewer than 1.6 million people are killed annually by tuberculosis and the disease would cost…
Civil society tasked on bringing peace to Syria
The European Union and the UN on Tuesday highlighted the role of civil society in bringing peace to war-torn Syria.…
Human trafficking: United nations urges mandatory training to combat practice
Airlines should offer mandatory training to prevent human trafficking, the UNs’ aviation agency said in a new document that could…
United Nations urged to refer situation in Syria to ICC
The European Union had called on the UN to allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to examine the situation in…
Yellow fever: United Nations to vaccinate 1bn people in Africa by 2026
The UN is to vaccinate one billion people in Africa against yellow fever by 2026 in an ambitious campaign to…
United Nations condemn Al-Shabaab attack on AU mission in Somalia
The UN Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Sunday perpetrated by the Al-Shabaab group against the Ugandan contingent…
Revised UN strategy to tackle causes of Sahel crisis – Mohammed
Ms Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General said the UN has reset its action plan to address the root causes of…
United Nations launch road safety campaign to protect South Sudan civilians
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday launched the road safety campaign in which it distributed protective gear…
United Nations Chief calls for archival searches in ex-UN chief’s death inquiry
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on nations to scour their archives for possible evidence regarding the death of former UN…
`Civilians pay the price in war situations’ – UN aid chief
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr Mark Lowcock, has said that civilians paid the highest price in any war…
United Nations allocate N4bn for humanitarian aid in Northeast
The UN says it has allocated 11 million dollars (about N4 billion) to help 60,000 internally displaced people in Borno…
United Nations seek to enhance police reforms in Somaliland
The United Nations on Tuesday wrapped up a high-level security conference that discussed comprehensive police reforms to help stabilise the…
UN mission in Liberia a success – Mohammed
The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) successfully disarmed more than 100,000 combatants, and protected millions of civilians; helped to rebuild…
U.N. closes up Liberia peacekeeping mission
United Nations closed its peacekeeping mission to Liberia on Thursday, 15 years after it was deployed in the aftermath of…
Group urges UN to declare herdsmen terrorists
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council and its members to…
UN appeals for $951m aid for displaced Rohingya people
UN specialised agencies on Friday launched Joint Response Plan (JRP) for Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, appealing for 951 million dollars to…
United Nations solicits for efforts to promote peace in Sudan
The joint representative of the UN and the AU for Darfur in Sudan on Wednesday called for international efforts to…
UN wants Saudi Arabia to end discrimination against women
A UN rights watchdog on Monday called on Saudi Arabia to end discriminatory practices against women, including its pervasive system…
Aba Women Riot Receives UN Recognition
The UN Women has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution…
IWD 2018: United Nations recognises Aba women’s riot
The UN Women has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution…
United Nations moves to protect 357m children in crisis situations
The UN calls for urgent action on protection of 357 million children in crisis situations, saying they face a raft…