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Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands

·June 3, 2025·1 min read

Nigerian officials estimate that over 500 people are still missing and presumed dead, according to news reports. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, a former Nigerian Government minister, said she was heartbroken at the extent of the loss and damage. “My deepest condolences to all those affected – especially the families who have...

Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis

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·March 9, 2025·1 min read

The crisis is being exacerbated by the expected early arrival of the lean season – the period between harvests when hunger peaks. Chronic hunger is being driven by conflict, displacement, economic instability and severe climate shocks, WFP said, with devastating floods in 2024 affecting over six million people across West...

World News in Brief: More UN staffers detained in Yemen, education hit by climate crisis, Nigeria aid plan

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·January 25, 2025·2 min read

The de facto rulers of much of the country, including the capital Sana’a, released the crew of a merchant ship who had been held for more than a year, earlier this week. The move raised hopes that more than 60 staff from the UN, international organizations and diplomatic missions already...

Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands in need of aid as flooding wipes out homes – WFP

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·September 14, 2024·1 min read

Alau Dam, located just over 10 miles to the south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, collapsed in the middle of the night on Tuesday, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes. Emmanuel Bigenimana, the head of WFP’s office in Maiduguri, said that he managed to fly over the...

World News in Brief: UN rights chief condemns attacks in Nigeria, WFP supplies looted in Sudan, non-discrimination protections in the US

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·January 1, 2024·5 min read

Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the authorities to conduct prompt, thorough and independent investigations into the attacks that took place on Christmas Eve and to hold those responsible to account in fair trials. The violence occurred in the Plateau state, an ethnically and religiously diverse...

Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer

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·October 25, 2023·2 min read

In Nigeria, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer deaths among women aged between 15 and 44. In 2020 – the latest year for which data is available – the country recorded 12,000 new cases and 8,000 deaths from cervical cancer....

In Nigeria, UN deputy chief and Malala champion girls’ right to education

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·July 13, 2023·5 min read

The Pakistani education advocate – who was shot by the Taliban for her activism – was speaking exactly 10 years after her landmark ‘Malala Day’ address to youth at UN Headquarters in New York, where she called for global action against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism. Passionate message UN Deputy Secretary-General...

North-eastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives

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·June 28, 2023·1 min read

The UN’s top humanitarian official in the country Matthias Schmale informed that severe hunger affects 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The number of children under five at risk of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition has doubled in one year to reach 700,000. Describing the situation in...

Conflict in NE Nigeria still affects children 9 years after Chibok girls ‘nightmare’: UNICEF

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·April 16, 2023·1 min read

Meanwhile, thousands more girls and boys have been subjected to grave violations amid ongoing conflict in the region, UNICEF added, underscoring the need to protect children in Nigeria. As recently as 7 April, some 80 children were abducted by militants in the Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara state, the...

Nigeria: UN genocide expert warns against worsening security situation

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·February 6, 2023·1 min read

Alice Nderitu expressed her strongest condemnation for the 24 January airstrike in which at least 40 herders, mainly ethnic Fulani, were killed, and scores of other civilians were injured. The incident occurred in a village on the border of two states, Nasarawa and Benue. She recalled that another airstrike in...

Nigeria: New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’ |

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·July 15, 2022·2 min read

The Resilience and Social Cohesion project, launched by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), will enhance peace, increase livelihood opportunities, and provide education, health, nutrition, child protection, and sanitation support to vulnerable populations in Borno and Yobe states. “This is a pathway to peace and sustainable...

Nigeria: Guterres condemns ‘heinous’ church attack which left dozens dead |

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·June 7, 2022·1 min read

In a statement issued by his spokesperson, António Guterres described the attack in the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, as “heinous”, as worshippers gathered on Sunday to celebrate Pentecost – an important date in the Christian calendar. Mr. @MiguelMoratinos strongly condemns the attack on St Francis Xavier...