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EU increasing suffering of African migrants trying to cross the Sahara – Red Cross

Europe is increasing the suffering of African migrants trying to cross the Sahara, the Red Cross chief said, urging lawmakers not to put security...

UNDP to deliver school, houses, shops to Borno IDPs

The UN Development Programme (UNDP), Country Director, Samuel Bwalya, says the agency will donate houses, school and health centre to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...

Addressing humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says more than 8.5 million persons are in dire need of life-saving support due...

Global summit highlights solutions to end violence against children

Globally, up to one billion children aged 2-17 years – or one in two children – have suffered physical, sexual or emotional violence or...

$1.06b UN scheme to help fragile countries create ‘firewall against famine’

Ongoing conflicts and climate-related shocks have left millions of people on the brink of starvation, the United Nations agriculture agency warned on Thursday, February...

UN unveils 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan for northeast

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Nigeria on Thursday, February 8, 2018 unveiled the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan to support...

World failing to stop war on children, says UNICEF

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described January as “a dark month” in crisis-torn Middle East and North Africa. UNICEF also said the violence has...

Boko Haram: Over 300,000 displaced Nigerians taking refuge in neighbouring countries

The Minster of State, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmad, on Monday, February 5, 2018 said no fewer than 300,000 Nigerians displaced by...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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