Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Violaine Martin (file) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today condemned the terrorist attack in south-western Finland which killed at least two people. “The United Nations stands in solidaritywith the Government of Finland in its fight against terrorism and violent… Read More ›
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, has strongly condemns the terrorist attack that was carried out in Barcelona’s Las Ramblasarea, in which thirteen lives were lost and dozens injured. The Chairperson… Read More ›
The death toll is expected to continue to rise over the next few days and weeks, as emergency teams search through the debris and mud.
As the number of refugees from South Sudan in Uganda passes one million – the vast majority of whom are women and children – the United Nations refugee agency today reiterated its call for urgent additional support. “Over the past… Read More ›
The European Union’s new policy on Mediterranean Sea rescues threatens life and breaches international standards, two United Nations independent human experts today cautioned. “The EU’s proposed new action plan, including a code of conduct for organizations operating rescue boats, threatens life… Read More ›
Sport betting companies in the Sierra Leone, Mercury International, has donated the sum of four hundred million Leones (Le 400,000,000) to support government’s emergency response to affectees of the August 14th deadly mudslide. President Koroma thanked Mercury International for their… Read More ›
As Sierra Leone continues to mourn the death of hundreds of people after a hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains, leaving many houses covered in mud, families are searching for loved ones that are… Read More ›
After learning Monday of devastating floods that left hundreds dead in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, IOM, the United Nations Migration Agency, immediately released USD 150,000 in emergency, first-response aid relief. “IOM is ready to work with Sierra… Read More ›
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday instructed the Foreign Ministry to send aid to Sierra Leone, after the devastating landslide that killed more than three hundred people in the capital. Netanyahu instructs Foreign Ministry to send medicine, clean water,… Read More ›
