A Palestinian youth sits in the shade, on the remains of a chair placed on the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israeli bombardment, in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City on July 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group. - Israel's military said on July 3, it was conducting raids backed by air strikes in northern Gaza, killing "dozens" of militants in an area where it had declared the command structure of Hamas dismantled months ago. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Around nine in every 10 people in the Gaza Strip have been displaced at least once since the war between Israel and Hamas began, the UN humanitarian agency said Wednesday. Andrea De
Global Fund invests $4.8b in HIV, TB, malaria response in 11 years The World Bank, United Nations (UN) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) have earmarked $4 billion (N5.6 trillion)
People line up to register for a potential food aid delivery at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Agari, South Kordofan, on June 17, 2024. - More than 10 million people have been displaced within war-torn Sudan, according to figures released on June 11 by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Since the war broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, 7.26 million people have fled their homes, adding to 2.83 million already displaced by previous conflicts, the IOM said. The UN has repeatedly warned that Sudan is facing the world's worst displacement crisis, as the war shows no signs of abating and the spectre of famine haunts the country. (Photo by GUY PETERSON / AFP)
More than half of the Sudanese population is facing high levels of “acute food insecurity”, a situation exacerbated by the country’s devastating war, said a report cited by the United Nations on
The world is way off track on most of the sustainable development targets agreed upon in 2015, such as tackling poverty and hunger, says a United Nations report, which blamed funding shortfalls, geopolitical
The leadership of the Northern Youth Assembly (Majalisar Matasan Arewa) has written an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to be wary of individuals within his government who are
More than seven million people in fragile South Sudan are at risk of acute food insecurity in the coming months, including tens of thousands at a “catastrophic” level of famine, the United
A coalition of civil society groups, yesterday, alleged that the involvement of ex-militants in oil economic management and distribution was partly responsible for the current fuel scarcity in the country, saying their
A revival of industrial policies is under way around the world, the United Nations said Thursday, with countries going for technological innovation to diversify their economies.
A revival of industrial policies is under way around the world, the United Nations said Thursday, with countries going for technological innovation to diversify their economies.
Worried by challenges confronting developing countries, United Nations has called for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) stimulus of at least $500 billion yearly to scale-up affordable long-term financing for countries, alongside series of structural