UN earmarks $100m for poorly funded humanitarian crises
February 20, 2024 The United Nations said on Tuesday it was allocating $100 million to support poorly funded humanitarian crises in seven countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
UN appeals for $46 bln to meet humanitarian needs for nearly 300m people in 2024
December 11, 2023 The United Nations on Monday appealed for $46 billion in funding for 2024 to help millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the globe, including in…
UN allocates $20m to ramp up food security in Nigeria
June 21, 2023 The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million dollars to urgently ramp up the response to the alarming food security and nutrition crisis in the north-east of…
Why West, Central Africa’s floods so devastating this year
October 31, 2022 Unusually intense seasonal rains have drenched swathes of West and Central Africa since June, unleashing deadly floods that have affected millions and submerged farmland in 19 countries….
FG calls for renewed commitment to stop cholera outbreaks
September 23, 2022 The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, on Friday called for renewed commitment from all stakeholders to curtail continued reports of cholera outbreaks in parts of…
UN releases $10m-aid for acute malnutrition in North East
September 20, 2022 …Projects 1.74m children under five to suffer from acute malnutrition in N/east this year The United Nation’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced the…
Insurgency: Up to 65,000 people flee northeast Nigeria after attack -U.N.
April 16, 2021 Up to 65,000 people in northeastern Nigeria have fled their homes after an assault by armed groups on a border town on Wednesday, while attacks that appear…
Over 235m people to need humanitarian aid in 2021 due to COVID-19 – UN
A record 235 million people are expected to be in need of humanitarian aid in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 40 per cent more than this year, UN forecasts…
Mooney’s Killing: UN Agency Condoles With Family
Mr Edward Kallon, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, has condoled with the family of British aid worker, Faye Mooney, killed by gunmen at Kujuru, Kaduna. Mooney, a British communications…
Over 80,000 Displaced From North East Nigeria Since November, 2018 – UN
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than 80,000 Nigerians have been displaced due to ongoing violence in the North-East…