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June 2, 2023

UN appoints Akinwumi Adesina, others to tackle malnutrition

“Without good nutrition, there is no human development. Every child needs to have access to nutritious and safe foods so they can grow and develop to their full potential.

AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina
April 8, 2023

UN chief Guterres calls for firm stand against rising intolerance

Mr Guterres underscored the need to remember how easily hate speech turns to hate crime and how complacency in the face of atrocity is complicity, calling hate speech “a key indicator of the risk

UN Secretary General António Guterres speaking at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland
February 6, 2023

Russia-Ukraine War: Doomsday Clock shows global catastrophe drawing closer

The Doomsday Clock is an internationally known indicator of the world’s susceptibility to global disasters induced by human technologies.

Doomsday Clock
December 10, 2022

UN asks FG to probe soldiers involved in forced abortion for Boko Haram victims

Reuters reported that the military allegedly used oxytocin to induce abortion in some women.

A composite of Buhari and Antonio Guterres used to illustrate the story.
November 9, 2022

UN urged to stop undignified use of African children’s images

“We must dismantle discriminatory structures and create political space for a dialogue on reparations at the international, regional, national and local levels.”

António Guterres
October 31, 2022

UN chief Guterres wants to salvage Russia-suspended grain deal

UN secretary-general António Guterres wants to save an agreement on grain exports from Ukraine via the Black Sea, which Moscow suspended following drone attacks on its fleet.

Antonio Guterres
August 17, 2022

UN appoints Gbenga Sesan to Internet Governance Forum Leadership Panel

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Gbenga Sesan to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Gbenga Sesan
July 13, 2022

Access to information human right, UN chief tells Security Council

António Guterres says access to information is a human right, underscoring that for peacekeepers, it can be “a matter of life and death, and the difference between peace and war.”

António Guterres
May 3, 2022

Insecurity: UN Secretary-General calls for international support for Borno

Mr Gutteres interacted with displaced persons, repentant Boko Haram members and Borno government officials during the visit on Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and Governor Babagana Zulum
February 6, 2022

UN chief says Africa is ‘source of hope’ for other continents

The secretary-general said Africans are “paying the heaviest price” for the injustice “deeply embedded in global systems”.

António Guterres