One woman was killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at "alarmingly high levels". Almost 85,000 women and girls were murdered by people last year, according to a joint report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and…

A new draft deal at the United Nations (UN) climate talks Friday proposes that rich nations commit $250 billion a year to help poorer nations combat global warming in an 11th-hour bid to break the deadlocked negotiations. African countries and climate activists quickly denounced the figure as "unacceptable" and inadequate to meet the realities of…

The UN's climate chief on Monday told countries at the deadlocked COP29 summit to "cut the theatrics", as pressure mounts on G20 leaders to deliver a breakthrough. As the UN climate talks limp into a second week in Azerbaijan, the world is no closer to a financial deal for poorer countries that will determine the…

The United Nations (UN) warned on Friday that renewed Russian targeting of Ukraine's already devastated energy infrastructure this winter could cause severe hardship and spur new mass movements of people. "If they were to target the energy sector again, this could be a tipping point," warned Matthias Schmale, the United Nations' resident humanitarian coordinator in…

The UN on Tuesday warned that already low levels of aid trickling into Gaza had dwindled further, with the situation in the besieged north especially "catastrophic". The warning from UNRWA, the United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees, came as Israel said it was opening an additional aid crossing into Gaza on the eve of a…

Global action on climate change "is robust and will endure" despite the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to withdraw from the Paris agreement, the UN's climate chief said Tuesday. "Many of you have been reporting on the climate implications of political events in the last weeks. I'll just say this: our process is…

The Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, Simon Ekpa, said it will back all United Nations Human Rights Treaties in its coming Biafra Declaration Convention. Ekpa, who disclosed this in an X space meeting yesterday, maintained that supporting all UN treaties on human rights is sufficient to amplify the continued marginalisation of the Nigerian…

Israel's parliament on Monday approved a bill banning the main UN aid agency for the war-devastated Gaza Strip, sparking international outcry. Despite objections from the United States and warnings from the UN Security Council, Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the bill banning the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, from working in Israel and occupied…

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…

More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected. [Ad] The paper published with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) highlighted that poverty rates were three times higher in countries at war, as…

The Democratic Front (TDF) has expressed delight with Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s push for a permanent seat for Nigeria in the United

Five African countries, including Benin, Congo DRC, Gambia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, have been voted in as new members of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The five countries will serve for three years, starting on January 1st, 2025. The UN General Assembly elected a total of 18 members to the Human Rights Council for the…