Tag: UN
WASH Diseases: One Dies Every Hour in Ghana – Unicef
One person dies every hour in Ghana from Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) related diseases that are preventable.
The United Nations (UN) has called on...
UN, US condemn Uganda’s anti-LGBT Bill
The United Nations and United States on Wednesday have condemned the bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that illegalizes LGBTQ+.
The UN’s High Commissioner for Human...
Cyclone Freddy leaves half a million displaced in Malawi — UN
The United Nations confirmed that the deadly cyclone that attacked Malawi last week has displaced more than half a million people in the country.
Cyclone...
UN food agency suspends relief operations in South Sudan
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has put on hold relief operations in South Sudan due to a recent attack on humanitarian workers.
"Following the...
470 South Sudanese refugees return home from Kenya
At least 470 South Sudanese refugees from Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp have returned home.
The UN Refugee Agency in South Sudan announced this in a...
Nigeria has history of peaceful, democratic transition of power – UN
UN spokesman Stephanie Dujarric noted that Nigeria has a strong and proud democratic history of peaceful transition of power in recent years.
Feilding questions on...
Mali: Three UN peacekeepers killed in explosive attack
Three Senegalese peacekeepers serving in Mali have been killed, while five others were seriously injured, when their vehicle hit an explosive device.
According to the...
Burkina, Guinea, Mali lobby for AU return
The top diplomats of junta-ruled Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali have started lobbying to reinstate their countries into the African Union ahead of the...
Over 20 killed in militia attack in northeast Dr Congo –...
The United Nations and civil society affirmed that over 20 civilians were killed Sunday in new attacks by militiamen in Ituri, northeastern Democratic Republic...
Mali expels U.N. mission’s Human Rights Chief, giving it 48 hours...
The Malian interim government on Sunday announced the explusion of the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's human rights division, stating that it had...