News UN seeks increased public finance to protect forests The United Nations (UN) has advocated increased public finance to protect forests in the world. Antonio…
News Poorer County in Asia, Africa, Middle East Confront with food crisis: UN By Fatima Saka The poorer countries in northern Africa, Asia and the Middle East that depend heavily on wheat…
News Women represent 90% of agricultural employment in many African countries,… By Fatima Saka The United Nations says that women account for most of Africa's agricultural workforce and…
News UN makes move toward global treaty on plastic trash By Omotayo Edubi The United Nations has decided to begin negotiations with world-first global treaty on…
Climate change China submits ‘disappointing’ carbon emissions pledge to UN China, the world's biggest polluter, has made only a small improvement in its emission-cutting plan formally…
Environment 7.7m Somalis need humanitarian aid in 2022 – UN An estimated 7.7 million Somalis will require humanitarian assistance in 2022 as decades of conflict, recurrent…
Climate change COP26: UN wants climate change conference to limit global temperature rise UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on Tuesday, urged the COP26 climate change conference to seek to…
Energy Osinbajo departs Abuja for UN high-level meetings on energy transition in… Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Thursday for London, UK, where he will participate in a series…
Food security UN appeals against food wastage, says 811m people are hungry The UN food agency has launched an urgent appeal for action to reduce the amount of food that is wasted, saying…
Health 3 billion people cannot afford healthy diet globally – UN chief UN Secretary-General António Guterres says every day, hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry, three…