Speaking from Ndjamena, Pierre Honnorat, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad, said that as the country moves into the lean season in-between harvests, food assistance could grind to a complete halt. “Chad is surrounded by countries with crises and hosting some 600,000 refugees from Sudan, Niger, Cameroon and Central African Republic….
“Nearly 900 conflict-related detainees are being released by the parties in Yemen starting today, Friday, and over the course of three days,” the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen said in a statement. “This release operation comes at a time of hope for Yemen as a reminder that constructive dialogue and…
The 2023 funding appeal is the largest for the Caribbean country since the devastating 2010 earthquake and more than double the amount requested last year. The UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said the number of Haitians who require aid to survive doubled over the past five years to 5.2 million, and the aim is to…
Meanwhile, thousands more girls and boys have been subjected to grave violations amid ongoing conflict in the region, UNICEF added, underscoring the need to protect children in Nigeria. As recently as 7 April, some 80 children were abducted by militants in the Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara state, the UN agency said, citing local…
“We are together to mourn the more than one million children, women, and men who perished in 100 days of horror 29 years ago,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “We pay tribute to the resilience of the survivors [and] recognize the journey of the Rwandan people towards healing, restoration, and reconciliation. And we remember –…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres noted that the gathering was taking place at a unique moment: on the last Friday of Ramadan, as Christians celebrate Easter, Jews mark the end of Passover, and Sikhs enjoy the festival of Vaisakhi. “Even the calendar is sending a message of unity,” he remarked. “Today, at this blessed…
The paper Can countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks? by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was written as input for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It focused on Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,…
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Education in India revised the syllabus taught in Class 11 and removed all lessons about Maulana Abul Kalam Azad from it. According to Indian media, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) department of the Union Ministry of Education of India has deleted references to Maulana Abul…
America’s most sensitive and confidential documents were leaked; Photo: Reuters Washington: Jack Teixeira, an employee of the National Guard, was detained on the charge of disclosing a sensitive and secret document of the United States. According to the World News Agency, the FBI arrested Jack Teixeira, an employee of the US Air Force National Guard,…
Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani’s wife Nita Ambani gifted the world’s most expensive necklace to her elder daughter-in-law Shloka Mehta on her wedding. According to Indian media reports, Nita Ambani gave her daughter-in-law Shloka Mehta a 407-carat diamond necklace as a wedding gift. , which is worth 55 million dollars. According to the report, the…
