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The United Nations has warned that the threat of a nuclear weapon being used is now “higher than it has been in generations.” The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, gave the warning on Wednesday in New York, in a meeting convened in support of … Read more via...

New York – The UN has said that no fewer than 32,000 Cameroonians fleeing insecurity and violence are currently taking refuge in Nigeria. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Cameroon, Ms Allegra Baiocchi, while presenting the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan for the country, described...

The UN 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 since November, 2018. https://t.co/eslSb3Xg8U

In the last nine months of 2018, according to the United Nations, Palestinians – many of them children – were killed at the rate of around one a day while taking part in protests along Israel’s perimeter fence with Gaza about their right to return to ancestral homes. … Read more via the...

About 76,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Rann are currently threatened by starvation following recent Boko Haram attacks which has forced humanitarian workers to flee the community, officials say. On Monday, January 14, Boko Haram insurgents carried out a deadly attack on Rann...

The United Nations yesterday decried the conflict in North-east Nigeria, stating that Boko Haram attacks since November 2018 had caused over 43,000 persons to flee their homes with more than 32,000 taking refuge in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. A statement by Head of Communications at...

Two civil society groups, Access to Justice,AJ and the Network on Police Reforms in Nigeria, NOPRIN, have requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres to visit Nigeria as well as intervene in the alleged human rights violation in the country... Read more via...

Africa’s food import bill may surge to $110 billion by 2025, going by the current import reliance trend. However, the African Union (AU), and the United Nations (UN), have canvassed unhindered trade integration among countries in the continent. Stakeholders, who gathered at the Africa Trade...

The unlawful detention, constant harassment, threats to life and intimidation media practitioners face across the globe is becoming more worrisome, and global, local groups and organisations have called on governments at all levels to ensure the safety of journalists..... Read more via The...

Yemen is sliding fast toward what could become one of the worst famines in living memory, the UN’s top emergency relief official has warned. The country is in “clear and present danger” of mass deaths from starvation, and as many as 14 million people – half the population … Read more via...

(GENEVA) — U.N. agencies are calling for an end to the practice in some countries of determining whether a girl or woman is a virgin through gynecological tests. The World Health Organization, U.N. Women and the U.N. Human Rights office say the “medically unnecessary” tests have been...

The United Nations has earmarked the sum of $2.1 billion to be given out as grants to people affected by the humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria. The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock told journalists in Abuja, on Sunday that the grants is to.... Read more via...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump against "destroying" the United Nations. "I believe that destroying something without having developed something new is extremely dangerous," Merkel said at a regional election … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

New York – Nigeria, Germany, Norway, and the United Nations have converged on Berlin Monday for a “pledging conference on Boko Haram”. The Berlin Conference, holding from Sept. 3 to 4, is jointly organised by the three countries and the UN, and is one … Read more via Vanguard News –...

The U.S. announced it was halting funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after declaring the organization was "irredeemably flawed."..... Read more via USA Today – https://ift.tt/2wB15or Get more World News

About 2,051 Nigerians, who returned from Libya, have engaged in learning new trades between April 2017 and August 2018, the International Organisation for Migration has said. The United Nations agency said 1,130 men and 921 women participated in business training in Lagos, Edo, Nassarawa, Kano...

The UN has said it regretted the decision of the U.S. to stop funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). In a statement issued in New York by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, the UN … Read more via Premium Times...

Governor, Samuel Ortom has called on the United Nations, other international bodies and civil society organisations to support over 500, 000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State. The governor made call yesterday on the occasion of this year’s World Humanitarian Day. He described...

Former United Nations’ Secretary-General, Koffi Annan has died at the age of 80. The Nobel Peace Prize winner died in Switzerland after a brief illness. He was the first black African to take up the role of the world’s top diplomat, serving two terms as un sec-gen … Read more via Channels...

The United Nations On Friday lamented that conflicts, mainly from Boko Haram terror activities and killings by herdsmen, have claimed at least 26,000 lives in North-east of Nigeria, while battles globally had displaced over 65 million persons. The UN Nigeria Representative, Mr. Edward Kallon...