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UN deputy chief warns of a ‘hurricane of humanitarian crises’

UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has warned of a “bloody surge” impacting humanitarian crises around the world, with civilians in conflict zones paying the...

Negative impact of COVID-19 reverses SDGs progress, says UN deputy scribe

UN Deputy Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed, has said that the immense challenge of COVID-19 pandemic has reversed the progress on meeting the Sustainable Development...

UN body unveils new plan to end ecological destruction

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat has released a new plan to end ecological destruction and to reserve the ecosystem. The UN body...

Africa records sharpest rise in hunger as 282m people are undernourished, says UN

Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflicts, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19 as between 720 and 811 million people in...

Amina Mohammed lauds Orelope-Adefulire on SDGs implementation

The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, has described as exceptional the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in...

SDGs: World leaders meet at UN to drive pandemic recovery

The United Nations (UN) says world leaders are preparing to take part in 2021 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...

IKEA, Rockefeller foundations to launch $1bn fund to boost renewable energy – UN

Two global foundations, the IKEA and the Rockefeller Foundations, have announced plans to launch a one billion dollar fund, to boost access to renewable...

Global economies lose $2.97trn to water-related disasters – UN

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, says the global climate crisis is exacerbating and intensifying water-related disasters, jeopardising lives and livelihood of four billion people, resulting...

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NGX, DEG advance net-zero transition to unlock climate capital

Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), in partnership with DEG, Germany’s development finance institution, and Africa Foresight Group (AFG), has...
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How UNESCO’s biodiversity initiative safeguards forests, communities

With forests shrinking and ecosystems degrading, the global biodiversity crisis has shifted from a distant environmental concern to an...

Group trains journalists on health, climate benefits of plant-focused diet

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI), in collaboration with Foodjustice, on Thursday, January 15, 2026, offered training to Nigerian journalists...

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NGX, DEG advance net-zero transition to unlock climate capital

Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), in partnership with DEG,...

How UNESCO’s biodiversity initiative safeguards forests, communities

With forests shrinking and ecosystems degrading, the global biodiversity...
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