•Tinubu and IMF logo Profits from rising oil and gas prices for developing world producers, including Nigeria, are likely to be short-lived, the head of the United Nations trade agency said yesterday. The warning followed rising concerns over the negative aftermath of the ongoing Iran war, which has led to higher shipping costs due to [&helli...
•The United Nations headquarters building in New York The UN General Assembly yesterday designated the transatlantic African slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity,” despite opposition by the United States and some European countries. In a move that advocates hailed as a step toward healing and possible reparations, the resolution ...
•Kwara attack and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres The United Nations, the US, and Türkiye have condemned the killings in Kwara. In a separate statement, they said the attack, which left about 75 people dead and several others wounded, described the incident as “heinous”. In an X post, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “I strong...
The United Nations rights chief today called on the Burkina Faso government to halt all repression of civic space and to overturn its plan to prohibit all political parties. The junta running the West African nation said last week it planned to dissolve all political parties, whose activities have been suspended since the military rulers [&hel...
Slave-Trade-Abolition Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has commended Ghana’s plan to sponsor a United Nations resolution seeking formal recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity, describing the move as a significant and symbolic step for Africa on the global stage. Ghana is expected to file the resol...
•Nigeria’s escalating insecurity and looming hunger catastrophe Around 55 million people in violence-wracked west and central Africa face acute food insecurity this year and some are on the verge of famine in northern Nigeria, the United Nations said today. Violence across the region has triggered a hunger crisis that is being exacerbated by a...
•Shi’ites protest The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as the Shi’ites, has petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), urging them to intensify pressure for the prosecution of those responsible for what the group describes as a decade-old atrocit...
The United Nations has expressed concern that displaced communities in Nigeria — with camps closing and nowhere else to go — risk returning to areas where lethal explosive remnants may be hidden from view. Speaking on the sidelines of a key international meeting in support of landmine action taking place at the UN in Geneva […]
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Fall, has warned that technology-facilitated abuse is becoming one of the most dangerous and fast-growing forms of gender-based violence, urging government, technology companies and communities to take stronger action to protect women and girls. Speaking at the UN Hou...
•International Criminal Court (ICC) A coalition of Christian organisations has submitted petitions to the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC), urging both bodies to launch an independent investigation into recurring attacks and killings affecting Christian communities in parts of Nigeria. The groups said that the seriousn...
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