UN rights chief calls for Sudan military to step back
Nov. 5, 2021 The top U.N. human rights official on Friday called on Sudan’s military leaders to step back following a coup, also denouncing the arrest and detention of politicians,…
EU suspends funding to WHO programmes in Congo after sex scandal
Oct 29, 2021 The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization’s programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to concerns over the U.N. agency’s handling of…
More victims complain of sexual abuse in Congo scandal – WHO expert
Oct 27 , 2021 More women have reported sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo since a report into the…
Pope urges countries not to send migrants back to unsafe countries
Oct. 24, 2021 Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar…
15 found dead in attempted migrant voyage from Libya – UN
Oct. 12, 2021 The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), U.N. refugee agency said it had recovered the bodies of 15 migrants and 177 survivors from two coastguard boats returning to…
WTD: Sub-Sahara Africa needs additional 15m teachers by 2030 – UN agencies
Oct. 5, 2021 Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to need an additional 15 million primary and secondary teachers by 2030 for the education system to recover from the COVID pandemic in…
Nigeria’s Muhammad Bande bags Boston University Alumni Award in U.S.
Oct. 4, 2021 The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Prof. Muhammad Bande, has been conferred with the Distinguished Alumni Award by Boston University (BU), Massachusetts, United States. Bande…
WHO’s Tedros under donor pressure to act quickly on Congo sex scandal – Diplomats
Oct. 1, 2021 The head of the World Health Organization is coming under U.S.-led pressure to act quickly on a damning report on a sexual assault scandal that has engulfed…
COVID-19: 255m Full-Time Workers Lost Jobs In 2020 – UN
September 28, 2021 The United Nations has said that 255 million full-time workers lost their jobs in 2020 due to the coronavirus disease. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the…
PRESIDENT BUHARI LAUDS AMERICA’S SUPPORT ON FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
Sept. 25, 2021 Support by the United States of America has made a great difference in Nigeria’s efforts to stamp out terrorism within its borders, President Muhammadu Buhari has said….