Tag: UN
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Boko Haram: UN to visit Maiduguri, others in October – Onyeama
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said a United Nations joint delegation will visit Maiduguri, Bama and Abuja first week of October, to scale up its humanitarian intervention in the terrorism-affected areas. Onyeama said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria after a meeting with the UN team leaders on the sidelines…
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UN tasks social media giants to clamp down on hate speech
United Nations (UN) human rights chief on Wednesday said social media giants, including Facebook, must proactively block content inciting hatred. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the social media must also prevent online campaigns which target minorities, such as those undertaken in Myanmar. Zeid, who said Facebook had…
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African migrants rejected by Italy were tortured, raped – UN
African migrants rejected by Italy in a standoff with the European Union on August 15, said they had been held by smugglers for up to two years in Libya and many had been beaten, tortured and raped, the UN said on Tuesday. The 150 migrants, mainly Eritreans and Somalis, were rescued in the Mediterranean but…
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Iran sanctions row: U.S. rejects authority of UN court
Washington rejected on Tuesday the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice – the highest UN court – as it fights an Iranian lawsuit over U.S. sanctions. The lawyer representing Iran, Mohsen Mohebi, had condemned the U.S. on Monday for “naked economic aggression” as it launched its case in The Hague. Iran argues that U.S.…
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UN mourns death of ex-chief, Kofi Annan
The United Nations is mourning the death of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who passed away peacefully after a short illness, according to a statement published on his official Twitter account on Saturday. The current UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres paid glowing tributes to the former Secretary-General, who headed the intergovernmental organisation from 1997 to 2006. The…
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139 aid workers killed in 2017 – UN
The UN said 139 aid workers were killed in 2017, 102 wounded and 72 kidnapped in the line of duty, renewing the call for civilians and aid workers everywhere to be better protected. Mark Lowcock, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Humanitarian Affairs chief, stated this while remembering all the humanitarians killed in the line of…
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FG reacts to UN’s report of paying ‘huge ransom’ to secure Dapchi girls’ release
The federal government on Friday reacted to a United Nations report that it paid ‘huge ransom’ to secure the Dapchi school girls release from Boko Haram’s captivity. The government however insisted that no money exchanged hands between the federal government and members of the terrorists group for the release of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. Recall…
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How FG paid ‘large ransom’ to Boko Haram for Dapchi girls’ release – UN report
The United Nations (UN) has said the Nigerian government paid ‘large ransom’ to Boko Haram insurgents to free scores of female students kidnapped from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State, earlier this year. This is Contrary to the claim by the government that the girls were freed without ransom. Recall that over 100 girls were…
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UN reveals how Boko Haram activities are funded
The predominance of the cash economy is a major factor fuelling the nefarious activities of the Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin region, a UN report has revealed. This was contained in the 22nd Report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, pursuant to resolution 2368 (2017) concerning Islamic…
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UN Security Council condemns Boko Haram attacks
The UN Security Council said it remained concerned at the security and humanitarian situation caused by the Boko Haram terrorists and other armed groups in Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad. In a Presidential Statement, the 15-member body regretted that Central African countries were beset by ongoing terrorist activity, instability and the effects of climate change, and…