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Nearly half of world’s terror victims are African, with organised crime...

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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,...

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...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...

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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...

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…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

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…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...

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…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...

Recognize ‘enormous challenges’ facing Northern Nigeria to forge new hope, UN...

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…The humanitarian response plan for Nigeria calls for US$1.1 billion to assist those people in need in the north-east of the country and is...

African Union Commission, UN Secretary-General, stakeholders condemn military coup in Sudan

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TUE 26 OCT, 2021-theGBJournal- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for the immediate resumption of consultations between civilians...

COP26 Summit: VP Osinbajo headlines UN high-level event on energy transition...

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…Meets COP26 President-designate, ahead of COP26 Summit …Says Gas projects should not be defunded … Interacts with academic community at Imperial College, Global Energy Alliance MON 11...

UN lauds Delta Governor Okowa on rural development agenda

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FRI 28 MAY, 2021-theGBJournal- The United Nations (UN) has lauded Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta for his efforts at developing rural communities in the...