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November 26, 2024

FG mulls comprehensive humanitarian response in Borno

The minister said Borno’s humanitarian needs would take centre stage in the plan starting January 2025.

Governor Babagana Zulum,Nentawe Yilwatda and others at Government House, Maiduguri
September 16, 2024

UN announces $6 million to support flood victims in Borno

“What I have seen is really heartbreaking,” he said.

Flooded Maiduguri
June 25, 2024

Buni, Zulum, Fintiri tour Pakistan to understudy post-insurgency disaster management

Mr Mohammed said the tour would deepen the governors’ understanding of international best practices in crisis management.

Babagana Zulum
March 1, 2024

Democracy is improving in Nigeria, other African nations despite challenges: Report

The Global State of Democracy (GSoD) 2023 Report says democracy is improving in Nigeria and other African countries despite major challenges.

President Bola Tinubu, Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso, Assimi Goita of Mali and Abdourahamane Tchiani of Niger
January 12, 2024

Mali needs more funding in 2024: UN

The UN said the full response plan would be launched at the end of this month and expected to require $700 million through 2024.

Col. Assimi Goita
August 8, 2023

Taliban expanding control over aid efforts in Afghanistan: U.S. Report

The report said increasing influence over aid programmes is one facet of an intensive strategy to consolidate power.

TALIBAN LEADERS
April 14, 2023

UN agencies solicit $142m support for refugees in Chad

He warned that 2023 would be another very difficult year since there had been absolutely no funding from May onwards for the refugees and the displaced people.

Refugees in Chad
February 2, 2023

UN agencies welcome 12 African countries’ pledge to end AIDS

UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, announced Wednesday at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam.

AIDS
September 24, 2022

Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid: UNICEF

UNICEF says that 650,000 kids are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, with half of them likely to die if not treated.