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UN Libya Mission strongly condemns bombing of military academy, at least 30 dead
Saturday’s bombing reportedly took place as cadets were gathering on a parade ground at the Hadaba academy in a southern…
Continued airstrikes in western Libya ‘utterly unacceptable’, says UN mission chief
Ghassan Salamé, head of the UN Support Mission in the country, UNSMIL, called for greater civilian protection following the incidents, which…
Drying Lake Chad Basin gives rise to crisis
Twenty-year-old Phoebe Musa remembers the day Boko Haram militants stormed her village of Gwoza in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, five…
Emir of Kano, Sanusi betrays emotion, narrates how sick child died in mother’s arms over $5
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Thursday betrayed his emotions as he expressed displeasure over the alarming rate…
Nigeria moves to end communicable diseases among people who use drugs
“I have been injecting drugs for a long time and we share syringes,” says Ali who lives in the suburb…
UN Security Council reacts to acts of terrorism in Northeast Nigeria
Members of the United Nations Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack on 27 July 2019…
Newly-elected Nigerian UN General Assembly President pledges focus on ‘peace, prosperity’ for most vulnerable
The global reach of the United Nations makes it “the world's best hope for peace and security, sustainable development and…
UNMISS supports accelerated English learning program for over 140 women police officers in Bor
When a group of UN police officers in Bor realized that most of their female South Sudanese colleagues could not…
Tackle root causes of migration to protect refugees, displaced people from leaving their homes
“African countries have a long record of keeping their borders, doors and hearts open to refugees and internally displaced people…
Libya on verge of civil war, threatening ‘permanent division’
The damage done to Libya will already take “years to mend” but unless fighting around the capital Tripoli stops, the…