A UN-backed body has confirmed famine in Gaza City for the first time, marking a grim milestone in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global initiative involving UN agencies, aid groups, and governments, has raised its classification for the Gaza Governorate, which includes Gaza City…
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would withdraw the United States from the United Nations (UN) human rights council. The order would also withdraw the US from the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Trump signed the order on Tuesday. The US president also instructed…
Description The objective of this training is to increase humanitarian aid workers’ understanding of humanitarian diplomacy and diplomatic practice, as well as to strengthen their capacity to cooperate effectively with diplomats (representatives of a country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, either working at the Ministry or at a representation abroad, such as an Embassy) or staff…
An anti-human trafficking mobile application built by Devatop Centre for Africa Development, a Nigeria-based human rights advocacy centre, has won an award from the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). The award was presented at the UNAOC’s intercultural innovation hub held in Cascais, Portugal, on November 26. The app, TALKAM, is used for reporting abuses,…
The United Nations Human Rights Office has expressed serious concerns over the extensive civilian casualties in Gaza, reporting that close to 70% of verified fatalities over a six-month period were women and children. According to the agency, many of these casualties resulted from the use of wide-area effect weapons in densely populated urban areas by…
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday issued a directive to reduce the size of Nigeria’s official delegation to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly meetings holding in New York, United States, this September. Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, revealed the directive on Saturday in Abuja during a one-day retreat organised by the…
A social media post has claimed that the United Nations (UN) will take away power from Tinubu if the current #EndBadGovernace protest is sustained for at least 15 days. The post said it used to be within 30 days but was reduced by the UN on “promo” grounds. The post shared by @DefendLagos, an X…