United Nations — Outlining a series of immediate, practical steps that can improve humanitarian access and the delivery of aid to those in need inside Syria, more than 120 humanitarian organizations and United Nations agencies issued a joint appeal today… Read More ›
The Security Council has today decided to downsize the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), decreasing its military component from 5,437 to 4,000 personnel by 31 March 2016 amid calls to lift the sanctions against the Government, given its… Read More ›
For Immediate Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Asia Jonathan Stivers will travel to Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Laos from January 20-29, 2016, to oversee U.S. development initiatives ranging from health to economic… Read More ›
DAVOS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced an important agreement which is the next step towards unlocking opportunities for smallholder farmers in the developing world. Together with a consortium of leading public and private sector organizations,… Read More ›
Sierra Leone — Since his coming to office in 2007, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has guided the nation in attaining positive uplifting in infrastructural development and has just promised his Government’s objective for 100 megawatts by 2017. The president… Read More ›
BANGUI – An Emergency Food Security Assessment by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners reveals that half the population of the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) – nearly 2.5 million people − faces hunger. This marks a… Read More ›
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Monday 18th January 2016, met with H.E. Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates and commended Buhari’s efforts to address corruption…. Read More ›
