Tag: UN
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Lack of transparency a concern in Nigeria electoral processes, other West African countries- UN
Leonardo Simaõ Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has said lack of transparency, were among the common concerns, leading to a decline in trust in electoral processes in Nigeria and other West African countries,
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UN condemns Russian strikes in Ukraine
Senior UN officials on Sunday condemned the deadly Russian missile strikes in the Ukraine city of Odesa which damaged several historic buildings.
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EU, Tunisia sign deal to fight illegal migration
European Union wishes to negotiate with Egypt and Morocco partnerships similar to the one it has just concluded with Tunisia, relating in particular to the fight against irregular immigration, a European source said on Monday.
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UN official urges international community to address conflict-related sexual violence
Ms Pramila Patten, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, has called on the international community to address conflict-related sexual violence.
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I’m in Nigeria to celebrate my 26th birthday – Pakistani activist, Malala
A Pakistani female education activist, Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, saying she is currently in Nigeria to celebrate her 26th birthday. She held talks on girl-child education with Vice President Kashim Shettima.
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Sudan faces full-scale civil war – UN warns
Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians.
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Ethiopia’s Tigray sees sharp increase in hunger – says UN
Number of people suffering from severe malnutrition in Tigray, the war-torn region of northern Ethiopia, has risen sharply and the situation is set to worsen, according to the UN.
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Somalia faces ‘dire hunger emergency’ as millions cut off aids over lack of funding- UN warns
Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the UN has been forced to drastically cut food assistance because of a lack of funding, the head of the World Food Program said Thursday. Cindy McCain told the UN Security Council…
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West Bank violence could spiral ‘out of control’ – UN warns
New outbreak of violence in the occupied West Bank could spiral out of control, the UN human rights chief warned Friday. This week, at least 18 people have been killed in the territory, in incursions by the Israeli military or attacks by Palestinians or Jewish settlers. “These latest killings and the violence, along with the…
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Food Security: UN allocates $20m to scale up response in N/E
The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million to ramp up humanitarian response to problem of food security and nutrition crisis in North East. A statement on Tuesday by Ann Weru, the Head of Public Information United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Nigeria, said the fund was from the Central Response…