SDGs: Nigeria Needs $337bn For Implementation From 2019-2022 – UN Estimates
Nigeria would need not less than 337 billion dollars to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 2019 to 2022, the UN Support Plan for the Sahel, has…
Britain Commissions Independent Review of Christian Persecution Worldwide
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt Britain has commissioned an independent review into the persecution of Christians to find practical steps to support followers of a religion that it said has…
Girl, 10, Dies From Circumcision in Sierra Leone
A 10-year-old girl has died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) during an initiation into a secret women’s society in Sierra Leone, local police have said, sparking renewed…
World’s Largest Religious Festival to Kick Off in India, Jan. 2019
Participants at the 2018 Festival Spirituality, politics and tourism: welcome to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of humanity, that begins next month in India. During…
Migration: There’s Global Failure to Handle the Hidden Human Calamity That Continues Unabated in Libya -UN
Migrants and refugees are being subjected to “unimaginable horrors” from the moment they enter Libya and throughout their stay in that country, a UN report has stated. The report,…
Drug Abuse: UNODC Highlights Alarming Trends in Nigeria, West and Central Africa
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says Nigeria, and West and Central Africa face “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use and…
Facebook Takes Down 150 Social Network, Instagram Myanmar Accounts Over Military Links
Facebook has removed hundreds of additional accounts, pages and groups in Myanmar from its social networks after discovering what it called “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” and links to the…
Former Trump Adviser Flynn May Be Jailed For Lying to FBI
Michael Flynn A judge will decide on Tuesday whether former national security adviser Michael Flynn should be sent to prison for lying to the FBI in a…
World Debt Record Hit $184trn in 2017, US, China, Japan Top Borrowers List– IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says world debt has hit an all-time high record of $184 trillion, an upward review from the $182 trillion it reported the week…
UN Climate Talks: Top Officials Advocate Incorporation of Human Rights Protection in Pact
Top officials and advocates are pushing at U.N. talks in Poland to ensure governments and businesses respect human rights when working to build a green future under the…