West Africa: Extreme poverty rises nearly 3 per cent due to COVID-19
Extreme poverty in West Africa rose by nearly three per cent in 2020, another fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN-backed report launched on Thursday...
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Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called on Friday for concerted international action to end armed conflict in Africa’s central Sahel region, which has forced more...
UN chief: ‘We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people’
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Describing a “nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan”, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned on Thursday that the world is “in a race against time to help the Afghan people.” Just...
Agencies suspend Tigray aid as ‘scores’ are killed due to airstrikes
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Recent airstrikes on camps for internally displaced persons and refugees in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have reportedly killed scores of civilians, including children, and left many more injured. On Sunday,...
UN chief ‘encouraged’ by first joint statement from key nuclear armed States
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The Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed a joint statement issued on Monday by five nuclear armed States on the prevention of nuclear war and the avoidance of...
70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron: WHO
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As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency on Tuesday said that it was crucial that more...
Middle East: Positive steps needed to restore calm
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Middle East: Positive steps needed to restore calm...
Former ‘failed State’ Somalia on fragile path to progress: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
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Somalia has been riven by decades of conflict and extreme weather events but, says Adam Abdelmoula, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country,...
Ignoring COVID-19 will just perpetuate it, WHO warns
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As many friends and families consider whether to celebrate Christmas together, the UN health agency issued a reminder on Wednesday that “anyone who ignores COVID-19...
Champions of the Earth: Kyrgystan’s environmental entrepreneur
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A picture of the Krygyz capital Bishkek, covered in a thick blanket of polluted air, spurred Maria Kolesnikova to start an environmental movement. Her efforts...