UN relief chief pledges support for Nigeria
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and promising the United Nations will do everything it can...
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For the first time in weeks, aid teams have reached refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, only to find that some Eritrean nationals living...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IPS) – As countries across South Asia continue to battle the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, causing serious public health and economic...
Mali must not Be a New Site for Clashes Between Global Powers
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (IPS) – Last week, I was delighted to speak to the United Nations Security Council. In the ten years that...
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...
80 per cent of Tonga population impacted by eruption and tsunami
Some 12,000 households have been affected by the volcanic eruption and tsunami that hit the islands of Tonga over the weekend, according to estimates...
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Five years after its signing, the Final Peace Agreement in Colombia is setting down ever deeper roots, the Special Representative for the country told...
UN General Assembly approves resolution condemning Holocaust denial
The United Nation’s General Assembly adopted on Thursday, by consensus, a resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust. Read the full story, “UN General...
Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs
For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases dropped significantly and deaths dipped, the World Health...
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