Death toll passes 5,000 in wake of destructive Libyan storm
Death toll in eastern Libya now exceeds 5,000 people as a hospital director revealed that his hospital has documented 1,700 ...
Tag: Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General pleads with Russia to return to black sea grain initiative
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Russian Federation to resume the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, following ...
Failure to reach agreement on loss and damage cause delays at COP 27
African negotiators are under pressure to get concrete agreements on loss and damage
World population hit 8 billion in November 2022
The world's population could reach 8.5 billion in 2030, and 9.7 billion by 2050
UN appeals for peace as Russia strikes Ukraine, US threatens more sanctions
The United Nations has urged Russia to send its troops back to Russia and end the conflict in Ukraine.
UN Secretary calls the unequal distribution of Covid vaccines “immoral and stupid”
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the inequitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines across the world as immoral and stupid. ...
WHO, UN outline strategy to meet global COVID vaccination targets
The World Health Organization on October 7, 2021, launched the “Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022". Both the ...
Africa’s Journey to Net Zero: Who Pays the Fare?
While the rest of the world garners momentum to create a future of net-zero emissions, Africa appears to be doing ...
UN says 26 countries in Africa have received 15 million vaccines
The UN has stated that 26 African countries have received vaccines courtesy of its COVAX initiative.
Only 10 countries have administered 75% of all vaccinations – UN Secretary-General
UN Chief has decried the wildly uneven COVID-19 vaccinations as few nations are in possession of the majority of vaccines.
