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122m more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises – UN

Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including...

World Population Day: UN says gender equality key to meeting SDGs

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called on world leaders to give priority to advancing gender quality to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by...

World risks big misses across SDGs unless measures to accelerate implementation are taken – UN

Failure to redouble global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the promise of a better world for all – may fuel greater...

UN launches campaign, calling for renewed global ambition, action for SDGs

The United Nations on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, kicked off a communications campaign to rally for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the roadmap for people...

Hunger affecting 4.3m people in Northeast Nigeria – UN official

The UN’s top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale, has said that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe...

60m people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in Horn of Africa – UN

UN humanitarian agencies on Monday, June 26, 2023, said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent...

UN allocates $20m to ramp up food security in Nigeria

The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million to urgently ramp up the response to the alarming food security and nutrition crisis in the...

‘You’ve given the ocean a fighting chance’ – History as UN adopts agreement for marine biodiversity conservation

The United Nations in New York on Monday, June 19, 2023, adopted a historic agreement aiming to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of...

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Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England, it's difficult to deny global warming is creating a spiralling climate crisis.  Now,...
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Countries to debate restriction on chemicals as pollution crisis mounts

Delegates from more than 180 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland from Monday, April 28 to Friday, May 9,...

Malaria vaccines available in Kebbi, Bayelsa at no cost – NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says free malaria vaccines are available in Primary Healthcare Centres in Kebbi and Bayelsa states...

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Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England,...

Countries to debate restriction on chemicals as pollution crisis mounts

Delegates from more than 180 countries will gather in...