Tag: UN
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We won’t rest until remaining Chibok girls are released – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged his government will not rest until the remaining Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014 are safely released. According to a statement issued by President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari made the pledge on Monday in…
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UN condemns gang-rape of 125 women, girls in South Sudan
The UN has condemned a series of brutal sexual assaults on 125 women and girls, travelling on the road to Bentiu, a town in the north of the war-ravaged South Sudan. The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said over the last 10 days, the women and girls had sought treatment after having been sexually…
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COP24 to focus on carbon neutrality, gender equality – UN
The two-week 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) of the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), which started on Sunday in Katowice, Poland, will focus on carbon neutrality and gender equality. The world is gathering to define how the 2015 Paris Agreement would be implemented and moved forward by its 197 parties, days after…
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Buhari arrives in Poland ahead of COP24
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Krakow, Poland, ahead of the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The conference is slated for between Dec. 2 and 4. Buhari’s aide on New Media, Alhaji Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this development on his tweeter handle in…
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Armed groups threaten every child in CAR, UNICEF warns
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that deteriorating crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has left practically every child needing protection from armed groups. UNICEF, in a new study, expressed worry that armed groups now control four-fifths of the country’s territory, five years into the latest civil conflict to hit the country. The…
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Nigeria emerges chair of ECOWAS Group at UN
Nigeria has emerged the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Group at the United Nations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria replaced the Republic of Togo as chairman of the 15-nation sub-regional group. The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Tijjani Bande, took over from his Togolese…
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Nigeria business leaders launch blueprint humanitarian fund
Some business leaders in Nigeria on Thursday came together to launch a blueprint, first-ever joint humanitarian fund with the United Nations (UN), to address the humanitarian crisis in north-eastern part of the country. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the UN Nigeria Humanitarian Fund – Private Sector Initiative (NHF-PSI), as it is known, seeks to raise awareness and…
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Over 30,000 Cameroonian refugees arrive Nigeria – UN
The number of Cameroonians fleeing violence and seeking refuge in Nigeria has crossed the 30,000-mark, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. Mr Babar Baloch, a spokesperson for UNHCR, highlighted that the needs on the ground to cater for the refugees in Nigeria were outpacing donor efforts. Baloch said reports indicated that scores…
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UN records 64 allegations of sexual exploitation, abuse in 3 months
The UN received 64 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, involving 77 victims, between July and September, across its various offices, agencies, and partner organisations implementing its programmes. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said at UN Headquarters in New York at the quarterly updates, which he said were part of the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres initiative…
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Kaduna: UN official urges stakeholders to address causes of clashes
The UN Resident Coordinator, Dr Edward Kallon, on Tuesday appealed to stakeholders to amicably address the underlying causes of the clashes in Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru Local Government Área of Kaduna State and bring the perpetrators to account. Kallon, who made the appeal in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, said: “I have also learned…