The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has estimated that around 70 billion dollars will be required to reconstruct the Gaza Strip and make it safe following two years of devastating conflict. At just 41 kilometres long and between two and five kilometres wide, few areas of Gaza have been left untouched by the Israeli bombardment…
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday as world leaders grapple with crises from Gaza to Ukraine. Many question whether the United States, with its “America First” foreign policy, is still prepared to play a leadership role in global affairs. Since taking office in January, Trump has upended…
Nearly 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned from neighbouring countries since December, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday, even as Lebanon and Syria continue to grapple with a protracted displacement crisis. UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Kelly Clements, concluded a visit to both countries where she met officials, returnees, and refugees…
The United Nations on Wednesday condemned what it called a serious attack on its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon after Israeli grenades detonated dangerously close to them. UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) troops were clearing roadblocks near the Blue Line, the de facto border between Israel and Lebanon, on Tuesday morning when drones dropped four…
Africa has replaced the Middle East as the hub of global terrorism, with West Africa and the Sahel now accounting for the world’s highest death tolls and most affected countries, the United Nations has said. Leonardo Simão, UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, sounded the alarm in Abuja on Wednesday during the…
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, has strongly condemned an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on civilians. MONUSCO, in a statement on Monday, said the attack occurred on Saturday and Sunday night. Elements of the ADF, an Islamic State-affiliated insurgent group that originated in neighbouring Uganda, carried out the…
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Hajiya Amina Mohammed, has commended Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State , for his remarkable strides in advancing social development and promoting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa in Kano on Sunday. Mrs. Amina Mohammed paid a condolence visit to…
UN weather experts have said that the blistering early-summer heatwave that brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come. Three days after Spain’s national weather service confirmed a record 46°C reading in the southern town of El Granado, there’s been little let-up in stifling day and…
A document sent to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday showed that Eritrea is trying to cancel the mandate of a UN expert investigating alleged abuses. According to the documents, this was a rare move that Western diplomats fear may set a precedent for states looking to escape scrutiny. The Special Rapporteur, a position…
UN Women, in partnership with the Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), has distributed biogas stoves to 250 women across Bauchi and Dass Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Bauchi State. Hajiya Marka Abass, National Public Relations Officer, SWOFON, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in…
