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Nigeria: Schools should be ‘sanctuaries not targets’ says deputy UN chief following latest mass abduction

·November 23, 2025·1 min read

t was originally reported that 215 pupils had been kidnapped from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state, early on Friday morning – but the figure was revised upwards to 303 students and 12 teachers, according to The Christian Association of Nigeria. The association’s chair who reportedly visited the school...

‘Leave no one behind’: As wealth gap widens, UN calls for new industrial deal for world’s poorest

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·November 22, 2025·3 min read

“First, we need to end the war. Then, we have to restart the factories,” says Basher Abdullah, advisor to Sudan’s Minister of Industry and Trade. Like many of the world’s poorest countries, Sudan’s attempts to develop its economy are severely hampered by conflict. Yet, even amidst the brutal civil...

It’s time for leadership and vision, Guterres tells G20 in South Africa

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·November 22, 2025·1 min read

“Now is the time for leadership and vision,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists in Johannesburg on Friday, a day ahead of the official opening. The G20 bloc is made up of the world’s largest economies, although the United States has announced it will not officially participate. This year’s summit highlights...

UN decries ‘truly horrific’ massacres in DR Congo

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·November 22, 2025·1 min read

The UN described it as one of the most appalling attacks in a new wave of violence by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed extremist rebel group. Four wards housing patients were set ablaze during the assault in Byambwe, a remote community about 60 kilometres west of Lubero in...

Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF

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·November 22, 2025·3 min read

“Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while the day before, seven children were killed in Gaza City and the south,” said Ricardo Pires, spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. What to know UNICEF says 67 children have been killed during the...

Can industrial growth and climate action go hand in hand?

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·November 21, 2025·2 min read

In Namibia’s Daures region, a bold experiment aims to prove economies can create jobs without fossil fuels. When completed, Daures Green Hydrogen Village will sustainably produce hydrogen and ammonia from renewable sources, which will be used to make the country’s first carbon-free green fertiliser, reducing the need for imports. The...

Shun unilateral action, embrace multilateralism, Namibian President urges at UN Assembly

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·November 21, 2025·1 min read

“Democracy might have its flaws, but it is by far the best system that enables key values of the United Nations, necessary for sustained inclusive development,” Hage Geingob, the President of Namibia told the General Assembly annual general debate. The Namibian leader outlined emerging and existing challenges, which continue to...

Fight against ‘vicious’ tuberculosis epidemic drastically underfunded: UN deputy chief

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·November 21, 2025·1 min read

The High-Level Meeting has been described by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an unprecedented step forward by governments and all partners engaged in the fight against TB. It comes one year on from a Ministerial Conference on Ending TB held in Moscow last November, which resulted in high-level commitments...

Fleeing the frontline in Ukraine

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·November 21, 2025·3 min read

In the past year alone, more than 250,000 residents have left the Donetsk region, a focus of Russian attacks in southeastern Ukraine, close to their shared border. Evacuations are also ongoing in neighboring Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is supporting both evacuees and those who...

Deadly overnight attack in Ukraine condemned by senior UN officials

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·November 20, 2025·1 min read

UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the attacks, which also damaged homes and critical civilian infrastructure, including health and educational facilities. “Today’s appalling attack – one of the deadliest against civilians since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly four years ago – once again underlines the urgency of a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire in...

Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’

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·November 20, 2025·2 min read

Instead, she found herself tied to a man who “changed from being kind to being a monster.” He would beat her “with his bare hands,” she said recently. The young mother from Yemen is among the roughly 840 million women worldwide – nearly one in three – who have faced...

Security Council to vote on new Gaza force: Here’s what you need to know

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·November 18, 2025·3 min read

The proposal building on the 20-point US plan is intended to restore security, ensure humanitarian access and begin a sustained process of reconstruction and institutional reform for the enclave following two years of devastating conflict between Israel and Hamas. A rival draft resolution submitted by Russia is also under formal consideration, but...