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Israel’s War in Gaza: The Question Of Proportionality

September 12, 2025 7:57 am

The devastation in Gaza is difficult to overstate. Tens of thousands of Palestinians are dead, neighborhoods have been flattened, and the territory’s already fragile food supply has been brought to the edge of collapse.

This war began after Hamas fighters stormed villages, military outposts, and a music festival in southern Israel on October 7, 2023—killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage. The United Nations later concluded that Hamas had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, framed the response as both urgent and just. “Like every country, Israel has an inherent right to …

Nigeria Lost 45,000 People To HIV Last Year – United Nations

November 28, 2020 5:50 am

The United Nations (UN) Joint Team on HIV/AIDS has revealed that Nigeria lost at least 45,000 people living with HIV to death last year.

This was made known in Abuja by Dr. Fiona Braka from World Health Organization (WHO), representing the United Nations Joint Team on HIV/AIDS, who during press conference to commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day commended the country’s effort in achieving 73 percent coverage with respect to people knowing their HIV status, but however noted that more needs to be done to get more people tested in order to meet the UNAIDS target of ensuring that by …

UN Urges Ethiopia To Protect Civilians, Aid Workers

November 24, 2020 1:53 am

The United Nations on Monday urged Ethiopia to ensure the protection of civilians, a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender before a military offensive on the regional capital of Mekelle.

Hundreds, possibly thousands, have been killed in fighting that erupted on Nov. 4 between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigray’s regional army, sending more than 30,000 refugees into neighbouring Sudan. Catherine Sozi, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ethiopia, told Reuters that she hoped for the guarantee of safety and security of aid workers and the ‘protection of more than 525,000 civilian (non-combatants) who live …

UN Expresses Worry Over Political Coercion In Tanzania

November 10, 2020 3:36 pm

The United Nations (UN) expressed concern on Tuesday over arrests and intimidation of opposition members in Tanzania following disputed general elections.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said this in a statement issued in Johannesburg.

The tense situation in the country will not be defused by silencing those who challenge the outcome of the elections, but rather through a participatory dialogue.

“I urge the Tanzanian authorities to respect and facilitate exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly,” she said.

Out of dozens initially …

Cameroon Blames Separatists For School Massacre Of Children

Cameroon School Attack Kills 8 Students

October 25, 2020 3:56 pm

Attackers armed with guns and machetes killed at least eight children Saturday in a raid on a school in southwestern Cameroon, the United Nations said.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack on the bilingual school in Kumba, but the area has been caught up in violence between Anglophone separatists and government forces for three years.

“At least eight children were killed as a result of gunshots and attack with machetes,” at the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy, a statement by the local UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

“Another twelve were wounded and taken to …

UN Begins Withdrawing Troops From Protection Sites In S/Sudan

September 5, 2020 2:55 pm

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Friday it has begun withdrawing troops from various camps around the country where tens of thousands of civilians sought protection during its civil war.

The camps were set up in the capital Juba and other key cities after civil war erupted in 2013, prompting thousands to flee to UN bases in search of protection, particularly from brutal ethnic atrocities which characterised the conflict.

Currently, just over 180,000 still live in the camps in white tents, but UNMISS said that they are no longer under threat, six months after the country’s main …