UN suspends humanitarian air service in northeast Nigeria over $5.4m funding gap. The shutdown threatens aid delivery to displaced, hunger-stricken communities in Borno and Yobe. UN warns millions risk worsening isolation amid global donor fatigue. The United Nations (UN) has suspended a key humanitarian air service in Nigeria’s conflict-ridden northeast due to a severe funding … Read more
UNICEF, WFP and FOA predict 12.1m Nigerians will go hungry in December The hunger situations in most states were analyzed EKO HOT BLOG reports that as a result of insecurity and COVID-19, according to a joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Children and … Read more
The UN agency also said the number of internally-displaced persons surpassed two million in September EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that half a million women, men and children in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states are at risk of starvation as its funding for the region dries … Read more
The prize is intended to honour an individual or organisation that has “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations”. Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their “courageous fight” to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. The committee called the pair “representatives … Read more