Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency
On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, ...
UN welcomes US aid freeze exemption for HIV treatment
The United Nations Wednesday welcomed an exemption for its emergency AIDS relief programme from the United States' foreign ...
UN agency says US waiver to help in continued supply of life-saving HIV treatment
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will allow access to HIV treatment for people in 55 countries worldwide funded by the U.S ...
Daily Independent on MSN19h
Why Nigeria Should Dismantle Harmful Attitudes,Gender Stereotypes That Sustain FGM — UNICEF, Others
Ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mu­tilation (FGM), UNICEF and other agencies have reiterated calls for countries where FGM is still lingering to dismantle the ...
Israel tells UN it's shutting down all UNRWA operations in Jerusalem: 'acute security risks'
Israel demands UNRWA halt operations in Jerusalem by January 30, citing Hamas ties and security risks. The move follows ...
Extreme weather raises hunger risk in Latin America, UN says
Climate variability and extreme weather events stalk at least 20 Latin American countries and increase the risk of hunger and ...