Tag: UNITED NATIONS
Libya: UN Envoy Says Elections Postponed, New Date Expected Within 30...
Deputy Head of the United Nations, UN Support Mission in Libya for political affairs Stephanie Williams says Libya’s presidential election had been postponed with...
Afghanistan Crisis: UN Blames Taliban For Extrajudicial Killings Of 72 People
The United Nations, UN has admitted that there are reliable accusations of over 100 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in...
FG, UN Harp On Collective Fights Against Corruption
The Federal Government, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC and UN Women have stressed the need for collective efforts in the fights...
UN Chief Seeks Deeper Cooperation With AU To Address Humanitarian Crises
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has solicited for deeper cooperation with Africa Union AU to address humanitarian crises and conflicts in Africa.Guterres made the...
Energy: Power Minister Seeks United Nations Financial Support For Sector
Minister of State, Power Goddy Jedy-Agba has pleaded with the United Nations, UN to make more financial support available to intervene in the power...
UN Chief Condemns Deadly Attack In Niger
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned the attack conducted by unidentified gunmen in Banibangou in the region of Tillabéri of Niger.Spokesman for Secretary-General Stephane...
Alleged Human Rights Violations: UN Calls For Rights Groups Access To...
The United Nations has again called for full access to Ethiopia's Tigray region to investigate alleged human rights violations.Ethiopia's army has been fighting the...
Terrorism: UN Security Council Condemns Massacre Of Nigerian Farmers By Boko...
The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist killing of 43 farmers in Borno State on Saturday.The council expressed its deepest...
Ethiopia: UN Warns Of War Crimes In Spiralling Conflict
The United Nations warned Friday of possible war crimes in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, after 10 days of fighting that the country’s prime...
Somalia: U.N, EU, Others Call For Hold Elections Next Year
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, UNSOM has
called on Somalia to hold an elections by the end of 2020 or early 2021.The Mission,...
Refugees At ‘Increased Risk’ From Extreme Weather Due To Climate Change
Humanitarian
agencies at the United Nations, UN climate summit in Madrid say refugee camps
in Africa and Asia are increasingly being damaged by extreme weather.They
say this...
Racism, Xenophobia: President UNGA Says No African Country Is Silent On...
The President of the UN General
Assembly, UNGA Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, says no African country is silent on
racism and xenophobia, as all nations on the continent...
Healthcare: WHO Calls For Urgent Action To Reduce Patient Harm
The
World Health Organisation WHO has called for urgent action to combat patient
harm, which causes millions of preventable deaths annually.The
WHO, also called on countries to...
United Nations Wants FG To Seek Quick Solution To Violence
The
United Nations, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary
executions, Agnes Callamard has called on the Federal Government and the
international community to pay special...
Humanitarian Aids: Lack Of Funds Forces Closure Of UN Programmes In...
Lack
of funds has forced the United Nations, UN to closedown life-saving aid
programmes in Yemen.UN
Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande says money pledged by Member
States...
Libya: United Nations Working Towards Permanent Ceasefire
The
United Nations, UN says it is working assiduously toward a permanent ceasefire
in Libya following a two-day humanitarian truce partially observed by the main
warring parties...
Libya Crisis: Government Ready For Conditional Eid Truce
The Libyan government says it is
willing to accept a truce in fighting around Tripoli for the Muslim festival of
Eid al-Adha that starts Sunday but...
Somali Attack: Ugandan Troops Arrive In Mogadishu To Beef Up Security...
The United Nations, UN has said that six hundreds twenty
five Ugandan peacekeepers had arrived in Mogadishu to begin duties of
supporting the UN efforts to...
Somalia: U.N Chief Condemns Terror Attacks In Mogadishu
United Nations, UN Secretary General António Guterres has condemned the deadly terror attacks in Somalia. Reports say the attacks targeted the offices of the...
Open Defecation: UNICEF Partners FG To Tackle Practice
The United Nations Children Fund UNICEF says it is partnering with the Federal Government in tackling open defecation in the country.
UNICEF Communication Specialist, Geoffrey...
