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Top official warns of weakened regional security following withdrawal from West African economic bloc by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger

Stories & Blogs UNJul 12, 2024(story )

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s decision to pull out of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) “even as terrorism and transnational organized crime remain a pervasive threat”, will be damaging to regional relations all round, said the UN’s

Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting

Stories & Blogs UNJun 27, 2024(Story )

The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no less than 14 areas at the highest level of

Philemon Yang of Cameroon elected President of upcoming 79th General Assembly session

Stories & Blogs UNJun 06, 2024(News )

The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected by acclamation Philemon Yang, former Prime Minister of Cameroon, President for its seventy-ninth session which gets underway in September.

5 ways to accelerate women’s economic empowerment

Stories & Blogs UNMar 07, 2024(Story )

At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still live in extreme poverty by 2030, according to UN Women. As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March by investing in women, we look at what needs to be don

World confronts an ‘ugly and inescapable truth’ in Darfur, says ICC Prosecutor

Stories & Blogs UNJan 29, 2024(Story )

The international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and subsequent lack of accountability are fuelling the violence stemming from the war between rival militaries in Sudan, the ICC Prosecutor told the