Conflict: Response in Cameroon remains one of the most “critically underfunded humanitarian responses globally”- UN
Nearly 40,000 more people have been forced to flee to Nigeria by worsening humanitarian situation in north-west and south-west regions of Cameroon, according to the United Nations. Briefing UN correspondents…
Fighting Ebola in DRC requires more support, money from G7 countries- British official
Britain’s international development minister Rory Stewart called on France and Canada on Monday to offer more help in tackling the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. Stewart, who visited…
Insurgency: Renewed support needed in N’East Nigeria – UN
The UN Inter-agency Standing Committee (IASC) says the humanitarian crisis in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe needs renewed support in the face of the recent upsurge in violence and growing humanitarian…
Nine Nigerians among 44 killed in Libya migrant detention camp air raid -ministry
Nine Nigerians were killed in an air strike on a migrant detention centre in Libya that has sparked international outrage, the foreign ministry in Abuja said Thursday. The United Nations…
U.N. to commission study on digital rights, sidesteps call for spyware ban
U.N. member states are set to sidestep a call for a moratorium on commercial spyware, deciding instead to commission a study of how digital technology affects human rights, according to…
Dr. Adedevoh, Koffi Annan honoured posthumously with ECOWAS prize for excellence
The 2018 ECOWAS Prize of Excellence has been posthumously awarded to a former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan and Dr Ameyo Adadevoh for their contributions to region’s well-being….
UNTFHS facilitates dialogue to mitigate herdsmen, farmers crises in Nigeria’s middle-belt region
UN Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) has facilitated dialogue aimed at mitigating herdsmen/farmers crisis in the middle-belt region of Nigeria, Mr Lucky Musonda, Head of Communication, UN Development Programme…
Photo of drowned migrants trigger debate over Trump asylum policies
U.S President Donald Trump A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday…
Insurgency: Over 2m people in need of psycho-social help in N/East – NGO
Over two million girls, boys and caregivers need psycho-social support services due to severe distress, hardship and displacement in North-East Nigeria, Save the Children, an international NGO, has said. Mr Ben…
Opioid use on the rise as tramadol crisis emerges in Africa – U.N. drug report
Synthetic opioid use is booming, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a worldwide drug report that showed deaths in the United States from overdoses still rising and a “crisis”…