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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...

UN highligts inequalities causing hunger, urges action for change in food systems

The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on Thursday, June...

UN predicts impact on global hunger from dam destruction

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of negative consequences for hunger worldwide following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine. “The massive...

World Environment Day: UN roadmap outlines solutions to cut global plastic pollution

Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, according...

28 CSOs, Cross River community petition govt, UN over illegal logging

Worried over incessant deforestation due to illegal logging activities in Ekuri forest in Cross River State, 28 civil society organisations (CSOs) and members of...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria for...
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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by the end of the century more than half of the...

China continues to battle flood in Pearl River Basin

China’s Ministry of Water Resources is intensifying precautionary measures against flooding as heavy rain continues to lash southern China. The...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the...

World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by...
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