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The United Nations on Monday said nearly 40,000 more people had been forced to flee to Nigeria by worsening humanitarian situation in north-west and south-west regions of Cameroon. Briefing UN correspondents in New York on Monday, a…

The United Nations said on Thursday it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee from air strikes. The air strikes killed no fewer than 53 people, including six children, in a migrant detention…

The United Nations received 37 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its personnel in the first quarter of 2019, according to one of its spokespersons. Mr. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the…

An estimated three million people have fled the crisis in Venezuela since 2015, most of whom should be considered refugees, the United Nations said, on Tuesday. UN refugee agency spokeswoman Liz Throssell said that an average of 3,000 to…

The United Nations has appointed Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, as a member of the new class of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) advocates. Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general, made the announcement through Farhan Haq, his…

Prof. Tijjani Mohammad Bande is hopeful of becoming the new President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Outgoing president of the UNGA, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés disclosed this, on Tuesday, in a joint media briefing with…

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, has said that a woman would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The former Nigeria’s Minister of Environment was quoted to have said this, on Saturday, at the…

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has warned of the “dangerous trends of rising xenophobia, racism and intolerance” 25 years after the Rwandan genocide that killed about one million people. Guterres gave the warning in…

The United Nations has warned that the threat of a nuclear weapon being used is now “higher than it has been in generations.” The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, gave the warning on Wednesday in New York,…

United Nations has appointed Prof Joy Ezeilo as a member of seven distinguished experts to serve on the newly established Civil Society Advisory Board on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Ezeilo confirmed the appointment in a…