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UNSG warns Africa a ‘global epicentre’ of terrorism
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th Jan. UN head Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said that Africa has become the “global epicentre of terrorism”, with groups such as Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local…
UNESCO trained teachers to counter hate speech
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th Jan. UNESCO on Wednesday has highlighted the key role teachers can play in curbing the rise of hate speech globally.
UNESCO marked the International Day of Education said that education and…
OCHA boosts cholera response in Somalia
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th Jan. UN humanitarian and coordination aid agency OCHA on Wednesday warned that the spread of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea is continuing in Somalia, with over 470 new cases registered…
Houthis orders US, UK staffers to leave Yemen
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th Jan. According to news media reports on Wednesday, Houthi authorities in Yemen have ordered UN and other humanitarian staff holding US and UK passports to leave the country within a month.…
UN experts warns ‘dangerous decline’ of human rights, urges key reforms in Bangladesh
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th Jan. UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Bangladesh to undertake key reforms to reverse “repressive trends” and restore dialogue and respect fundamental human rights…
UNRWA says 9 killed in direct hit on its shelter
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th Jan. According to initial reports by UNRWA on Wednesday, some 9 people were killed and 75 injured in a direct hit on a training centre turned shelter in southern Gaza run by the UN refugee…
OCHA says growing displacement in Gaza a ‘misery, worrisome’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th Jan. UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths on Wednesday said that there had been “no let-up in the atrocities inflicted in Gaza since 7 October when Israeli bombardment began in…
UNSC calls to end war in Gaza, recognize Palestine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th Jan. UN Security Council on Wednesday held another meeting on the situation in the Middle East, focusing on Gaza humanitarian crisis and war between Israel and Palestinian militant group…
UN rights experts demands to protect lawyers in Iran
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Jan. UN human rights experts on Monday hailed lawyers in Iran over their “courageous commitment to the rule of law” and efforts to practice their profession despite “enormous obstacles and…
IMO appeals for $7.9B to help 140M people globally
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Jan. International migration agency on Monday issued a $8 billion appeal to help 140 million people globally those internally displaced and the communities that host them.
IOM…