The United Nations Women (UN Women), in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, have called for immediate action to close gender gaps across the globe. According to Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director, sustainable goal 5 aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030. Some […]
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A series of videos recently emerged on the internet showing pickup trucks and Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles with the United Nations logo moving across roads in southern Nigeria. Some social media account users claimed the UN might be mobilising forces in the region, but the Nigerian authorities have clarified the speculation is not true […]
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The lack of steady access to food is affecting more women than men, the United Nations reveals, stating that the Ukraine-Russian Crisis has pushed more women, who are often limited in their capacity to contribute, to face severe hunger. A report published by UN Women titled ‘Global Gendered Impacts of the Ukraine Crisis’ stated that […]
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The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is establishing a joint commission with the United Nations to establish responsibility for the demonstrations against the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) that have resulted in the deaths of 17 persons. The government deployed police and soldiers on Wednesday, July 27, […]
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The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for more efforts to end the global displacement crisis as the number of people uprooted from their homes due to conflicts and climate emergencies is rising. During the launch of his Action Agenda on Internal Displacement on Friday, June 24, Guterres said the duty to end displacement lies […]
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The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the severity of climate change and the need for more action towards mitigation and adaptation. The United Nations-led report published on Monday warns that many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, […]
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With almost four million people in need of emergency food assistance in Tigray, Ethiopia, the WFP has convoyed 50 trucks consisting of a 48,000-litre fuel tanker, 29 food trucks, six trucks with mobile storage units and other items, and 14 trucks with health, wash, shelter and nutrition items for the humanitarian community, with the collaboration […]
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Three days after an attempt to arrest the leader of a detachment of the Central African Republic national army (FACA) in Bria by mercenaries of Wagner Security, there is palpable tension between the Russians and the Blue Helmets of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission (MINUSCA). Security sources told HumAngle that a gunfire exchange […]
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Edward Kallon, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, has called on the international community from a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to come to the aid of Nigeria with budget funds as the country is in dreadful need of food. “We are seeing Nigeria at a cross-road to a critical food insecure situation […]
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It took the intervention of the UN forces in the Central African Republic on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 to rescue troops that came under attack from rebels of the Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation (3R) movement. The 3R movement rebels who are allies of the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), had violently attacked positions of the […]
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People displaced by the Mount Nyiragongo volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo have lamented the distribution of humanitarian assistance to persons pretending to be displaced. According to the displaced persons, some rogue individuals have established fictitious lists of ‘displaced persons’ to whom they have been handing assistance to the exclusion of the real […]
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More than 5000 people have lost their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo following a volcanic eruption last Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Mount Nyiragongo in Goma. According to the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, electrical lines and water pipes were also destroyed leaving more than 500,000 people without water or electricity. “There is […]
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