Tag: UN
UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed makes a strong case for increased...
...''African countries are facing significant challenges, including debt servicing, rising interest rates and limited fiscal space.''
THUR APRIL 25 2024-theGBJournal|In a strong call to stakeholders...
Federal Government welcomes UN decision to extend Nigeria’s continental shelf to...
...This approval allows Nigeria to redraw the territorial map of its sovereignty in the Gulf of Guinea
TUE, DEC 19 2023-theGBJournal|The Federal Government has welcomed...
Civil Society Organizations petition UN, seeks improved judicial accountability in Nigeria
SAT, DEC 16 2023-theGBJournal| Four civil society organizations, (CSOs) in Nigeria have formally petitioned the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of judges...
UN Secretary-General Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained Niger...
FRI, AUGUST 11 2023-theGBJournal |UN Secretary-General António Guterres has voiced concern about the reported “deplorable living conditions” of the President of Niger in arbitrary...
Nearly half of world’s terror victims are African, with organised crime...
FRI, 07 OCT, 2022-theGBJournal| The threat of terrorism and organised crime is becoming increasingly entrenched across Africa, the head of the UN Office on...
United Nations must recognise ‘critical emergency’ malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria,...
...The lack of recognition means no funding and few organisations can respond to the crisis in an area where thousands are children are gravely...
Wildfire, floods don’t need to turn into disasters- United Nations risk...
WED, 31 AUG, 2022-theGBJournal| Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of...
New UN resilience project in Northeast Nigeria paves ‘pathway to peace...
…The project will help to strengthen local governance, promote community-based social cohesion and build government partnerships
FRI, 15 JULY, 2022-theGBJournal| Over 500,000 conflict-affected people in...
Humanitarian crisis in northeast will worsen without urgent help, says OCHA
…Over eight million people are in need of assistance in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states
WED, 22 JUNE, 2022-theGBJournal| UN humanitarians issued an...
UN Undersecretary-General says failure to share COVID-19 vaccines with global south...
…UN Undersecretary-General Winnie Byanyima says denying life-saving vaccines to people of colour is a form of “policy violence” amounting to racism
…She joined a panel...