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CODE secures media commitment on Conflict and Fragility Project in Niger Delta

Connected Development (CODE) has secured a working relationship with the media for its policy advocacy activities on the National Action Plan on Business and...

admin - October 25, 2018

Human Welfare

AfDB gives South Sudan $43.5m to fight hunger

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 provided a grant of $43.5 million to South Sudan to help in the fight...

admin - October 24, 2018

Human Welfare

UNHCR urges Australia to address worsening health condition of offshore refugees

The United Nations (UN) has urged the Australian Government to address the collapsing health situation among refugees and asylum-seekers at its offshore detention centres...

admin - October 15, 2018

Human Welfare

San Francisco proclaims October 8th as Indigenous Peoples Day

The City of San Francisco in California, USA, has joined several other cities in the country to proclaim October 8th as Indigenous Peoples Day. On Monday,...

admin - October 11, 2018

Human Welfare

UN seeks closer collaboration to address humanitarian crisis in Nigeria

The United Nations (UN) on Friday, October 5, 2018 called for stronger partnership with stakeholders to address humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency...

admin - October 7, 2018

Human Welfare

UN chiefs to visit Chad, Nigeria to assess humanitarian, development efforts

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator, Mr Achim Steiner, and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr Mark Lowcock, will visit Nigeria and Chad on a mission...

admin - October 4, 2018

Human Welfare

UN passes resolution adopting peasant rights declaration

Seventeen years of long and arduous negotiations later, peasants and other people working in rural areas are only a step away from having a...

admin - October 1, 2018

Human Welfare

Latin American countries sign treaty to protect environmental defenders

Twelve countries – from Antigua to Mexico to Argentina – on Thursday, September 27, 2018 signed the Escazú Agreement during the 73rd session of the United Nations...

admin - September 30, 2018

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