AS part of accelerating efforts to eliminate child marriage in Africa by 2030, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for the economic empowerment of young girls....
RESPONDING to an invitation by the Liberian authorities, the European Union has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Liberia to observe the general elections scheduled for 10 October. This is the fourth time that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari is to departs Abuja Sunday for New York, to join other world leaders at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly...
The United Nations, through a new fund set up to tackle the crisis-hit north-east of Nigeria, has allocated over US$10.5 million to help thousands of women,...
AS part of a new report, UNICEF has announced that children account for over half of the 12 million West and Central African people on the...
African governments should make it easier and safer for Africans to travel within the continent, the United Nations said in a new report released Thursday, noting...
THE UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR has raised alarm over a fresh incident of forced returns of refugees from Cameroon into northeast Nigeria. This follows similar incidents...
A group of UN human rights experts have warned the Government of Egypt to halt the executions of six men sentenced to death after trials which...
‘Africa Day’ 2017 comes at an important moment in the continent’s endeavours towards peace, inclusive economic growth and sustainable development United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres said, urging...
THE fate of women in warring societies is a very pathetic one, which has really attracted a global attention. Investigation has revealed that women contribute more...