TODAY’S VIEWPOINT IS ON BREAKING THE SILENCE ON THE RISING TIDES OF FEMICIDE. IT IS WRITTEN BY ESTHER OMOLADE, A STUDENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY, OYO TOWN, OYO STATE. Over the years, the world has been experiencing the alarming rate of femicide. According to United Nations, UN, femicide is an intentional…
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Bamako, Mali, his spokesman said. “The secretary-general strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Bamako, Mali, on Sept. 17,” said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN chief, in a statement. The statement said Guterres extended his sincere condolences to the families of the victims as…
The United Nations World Food Programme has announced plans to support eight countries in the west and central Africa with its lifesaving food and nutrition assistance programme. In a statement posted on its website, the United Nations food body listed Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania Burkina Faso and Niger as the beneficiaries…
Myanmar is now the world’s largest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan, a UN report says. Its opium production this year is estimated to rise by 36% to 1,080 tonnes, far ahead of the 330 tonnes Afghanistan reportedly produced. Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan dropped by 95% after a drug ban by the ruling Taliban last year….
At least 32 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a drug rehabilitation centre in northern Iran, authorities have said. The blaze erupted early on Friday in Langarud, a city in the Caspian Sea province of Gilan north of Tehran. Esmail Sadeghi, a provincial chief justice, told local media that 16 others…
Niger’s post-coup military rulers have demanded in a statement seen by newsmen on Wednesday that the United Nations coordinator in the West African country leave Niger within 72 hours. The foreign ministry said in the statement dated Tuesday that the government had ordered Louise Aubin, the UN’s resident and humanitarian coordinator, “to take all necessary…