Secretary-General, United Nations, António Guterres, has stressed the need for global peace, in his New Year’s message. Throughout 2024, he observed, that hope was hard to find.

In commemoration of this year’s Food Day, the Hope for Life Initiative, in partnership with the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), have stressed the need to raise awareness

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has appealed to a group of 20 most developed countries to ensure resumption of stalled climate talks at the ongoing UN climate conference in Baku.

Stakeholders have called for cities where housing is accessible to youths, infrastructure is efficient, and communities work towards mitigating the climate change crisis.

Women must have equal say with men in all decision-making processes, a UN committee on discrimination insisted yesterday, saying previous 30 per cent targets were behind the times.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned the “continued and widespread” loss of life across Gaza, including Israeli strikes on a residential block in Beit Lahiya. Israeli strikes on a residential block in Beit Lahiya on Saturday killed dozens, according to the Gazan health ministry. UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, briefing reporters in New…

Police in Mozambique fired teargas on Monday to disperse a small crowd in Maputo where shops were closed ahead of a planned protest against alleged electoral fraud. Several dozen people, including journalists, scattered as heavily armed police walked down a main street, according to videos posted on social media and an AFP reporter at the…

In the face of deteriorating food security in Africa, leading experts, scientists, policymakers, investors, and entrepreneurs in sustainable food systems, have highlighted the need to mobilise commercial capital and empower Small and Medium Enterprises

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to loudly condemn those “abhorrent acts” which have triggered a shocking wave of violence across the Middle East. Guterres said this in his message to mark one year since the Hamas-led terror attack during which more than 1,250 Israelis and foreign nationals were brutally killed…

Israel declared UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata" on Wednesday, accusing him of failing to specifically condemn Iran's missile attack on Israel. "Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil," said Foreign Minister Israel Katz in a statement. "This is an anti-Israel Secretary-General…

       Vice-President Kashim Shettima has called for urgent assistance for victims of the devastating floods that ravaged Maiduguri, Borno in North East Nigeria. READ ALSO:Group lauds Shettima for highlighting Gaza crisis at UN summit   The spokesperson of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement, said Shettima made the appeal during an interaction with the…

The development of artificial intelligence should not be guided by market forces alone, UN experts cautioned on Thursday, calling for the creation of tools for global cooperation. But they held back from suggesting the creation of a muscular worldwide governing body to oversee the rollout and evolution of a technology, the proliferation of which has…