New York, N.Y. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported that the ceasefire in the crisis-gripped country appears to be “largely holding, barring sporadic gunfire,” while the UN refugee agency has urged countries to keep their borders open for people fleeing tensions in Juba, where the human rights wing has warned the situation is […]
Tag Archives: Africa
U.N. Agency Urges High Vigilance After H5N1 Outbreaks in Africa
New York, N.Y. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) altered Western and Central African governments to be vigilant, and to continue their raised surveillance and prevention efforts after H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks were recently confirmed in chicken farms in Cameroon. For the first time since 2006, the H5N1 bird flu virus has […]
UNICEF Warns of Risk for Migrant Children Arriving in Europe
New York, N.Y. More than nine out of 10 refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe this year through Italy are unaccompanied, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today, warning of the growing threats of abuse, exploitation and death that such children are facing. A group of Gambian boys survey the ocean from the beach […]
U.N. Expands Wildlife Protection Plan in Africa, Asia
New York, N.Y. A United Nations-backed partnership fun has approved an additional $40 million to expand its support of a global programme fighting against illegal trafficking to a total of 19 countries in Africa and Asia. A southern white rhinoceros at Lake Nakuru, Kenya. Photo: Ryan Harvey. The expansion for the Global Wildlife Program was approved […]
Extremism in Africa: New Video May Show Missing Nigeria Girls
New York, N.Y. New video from Islamist group Boko Haram may show that some of the 200 schoolgirls seized by the group two years ago are still alive. Tweet
Kenya Bans Music Video Saying It Promotes Gay Rights
Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyan state regulators have banned a locally produced song and accompanying music video that call for equal treatment of LGBT individuals, something regulators say violates Kenya’s anti-homosexuality law. The song is a remix of the American single “Same Love,” released in 2012 by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the height of the same-sex […]
Angelique Kidjo, Peter Buffett Release Song to Support African Girls
New York, N.Y. I have been trying to interview Emmy Award-winning composer/philanthropist Peter Buffett for two years. I wrote about Grammy Award-winning UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo following the U.N. Day Concert back in October of last year (here). Both musicians have been on my radar because I cover Thought Leaders and Global Citizens – and they represent everything […]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Insurgency Push 1 Million Children from School
New York, N.Y. Violence and attacks against civilian populations in northeastern Nigeria and its neighbouring countries have forced “a staggering” one million children out of school in a conflict that has dealt “a huge blow for education in the region,” the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today. Girls use their new school supplies during a […]
